Showing posts with label Thinking Out Loud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thinking Out Loud. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Why Worry

I am by nature a worrier, it is the one thing I constantly have to work on. I have a little devotional that I read everyday and yesterday's topic was "why worry". Here's part of what it said "Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? Of course not!"(Matt. 6:27) It alters nothing. Worry changes nothing. You don't add one day to your life or one bit of life to your day by worrying. Your anxiety earns you heartburn(which I know alot about :-), nothing more......

First I came across this painting and verse which if you cannot see it, it says, "I will lie down and sleep in peace because You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety". Psalm 4:8 I love this, both the painting and the verse..........

And then I came across something that Max Lucado wrote in the back of one of his books which he wrote about himself but I think we could each put our own names in this. I hope you don't mind me using this Max. :-) This is what he said but I am putting my own blessings in place of his.

Joan has a blessed calling:
Mike calls her sweetie.
Melissa, Jimmy, Christina and Jamiel(my son in law) call her Mom.
Maddie, Cameron and Sydney call her Gommy(grandma).
And God calls her His.
Not bad, huh?

I will remember this when I start to worry again.....................



Thursday, August 23, 2007

Thinking Out Loud



Do not worry...Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

Matthew 6:25-34



Sometimes I want to take the problems that come down my road in this walk of life and chew on them until there's no flavor left in them. I know I paraphrased these verses some, but the basic idea is we worry and we know it's a waste of time. We know we should trust God, but we want to hold on to our worry. I know I have to remind myself of this...daily.
Safe Travels,
Joan