WORRIEd?

“Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.”

THERE IS SO MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT.  

DO YOU FIND YOURSELF TEARY THESE DAYS?   DO YOUR HOURS SEEM ENDLESS IN YOUR ISOLATED WORLD ?  DO YOU WORRY ABOUT WORK?  YOUR FAMILY?

 HOW CAN WE NOT WORRY ABOUT COVID-19 WHEN EVERY SINGLE NEWSPAPER, RADIO STATION, TELEVISION, INTERNET STATION, ETC., CONSTANTLY BOMBARDS US WITH THE SCARY STATISTICS? 

IT’S TIME FOR US TO BREATHE. 

‘ELIZABETH ELLIOT’ SAID…… “Worry is the antithesis of trust. You simply cannot do both. They are mutually exclusive.”

I LIKE TO GO FOR WALKS AND PRAY.  THERE’S SOMETHING PEACEFUL ABOUT ‘LETTING GO AND LETTING GOD’ AND I OFTEN PRAY MY ROSARY AS I WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD . 

TRUSTING THAT ‘GOD’S GOT THIS’ HELPS ME TO BREATHE.  WHEN I STOP FOCUSING ON MYSELF I START TO SMILE AND THINK ABOUT ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THIS INCREDIBLE SEASON THE WORLD IS EXPERIENCING…. MORE THAN CAN POSSIBLY BE NAMED.

YOU ARE PROBABLY HEARING ABOUT LESS AIR POLLUTION DUE TO PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE TO WORK. 

YOU’VE  PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT ‘DRIVE BY’ BIRTHDAY PARADES (I MYSELF JUST PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THOSE FOR A FRIEND.) 

FAMILIES ARE LEARNING TO BE FAMILIES AGAIN.  FAMILIES APART ARE LEARNING JUST HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THOSE THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM…

PEOPLE HAVE TIME TO WALK. TO RUN. TO BIKE.  AND CREATIVITY IS FLOURISHING. WHAT BLESSINGS ARE YOU EXPERIENCING?

WHEN WE TRUST WE DON’T HAVE TO CONTROL EVERY SITUATION.   GOD CARES ABOUT US AND HE IS ANSWERING PRAYERS. 

WHY NOT TRY WHISPERING A PRAYER TO THE ONE WHO LOVES US AND KNOWS OUR SITUATION? 

BECAUSE… (AS VANCE HAVNER SAYS….) “Worry, like a rocking chair, will give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.”

“Worry, like a rocking chair, will give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.”