"So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today. " Matthew 6:34
I tend to worry. About what? you may ask. Well pretty much anything. I think I get it from my dad. He's a big worry wart (where did that saying come from anyway? it's kinda gross). So now I'm worried about grades, getting projects and papers done on time. Making sure grades get to where they need to be to insure I will be here another year. Worrying about getting enough money raise so I can go on an amazing mission trip to Kenya this summer. Trying to decide how much I can actually work with all the other activities I want to help with and if I should work more and get more money than help out with the other things. Worry worry worry. And about what? Myself. I am such a truly selfish person. I'm so worried about this summer and next year, but it all has to do with me. My needs, my money, my future, MY plans. I have a hard time stopping and asking God His thoughts first. Praying about jobs or trips or camps before jumping in head first.
I get Bible verses sent to my e-mail everyday from Air1.com (Christian radio station based out of Seattle, WA) and the verse from Matthew was in my inbox this morning, just waiting for me to open it. "So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries". I love a verse a few lines up from this one, Matthew 6:26 "Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" He asks a legit question here. "Are you not much more valuable than they?" And we are. We don't deserve to be, but God holds us to a higher standard.
Worrying gets me no where and can, in most cases, make things worse. But it is so hard just to give it all to God and be like, "Here ya go! Let me know when You get things figured out." I want to fix things myself. So I worry about how that can be done. God can do it. He can fix it. And from what I gather, He's pretty good at it too. Giving it up and releasing it to Him sounds impossible to me right now. But to quote a movie I saw way to much of in high school staring Whitney Houston and Brandy, "impossible things are happening everyday". So where do I start? Saying you'll give all your worries to God and actually doing it are two totally different things. I really have nothing to lose, except maybe a few worry lines.
2 comments:
I love that bible verse so much..
College kids tend to worry way too much.. but we have LOTS on our plates!
yesterday morning I was watching The Crossing online.. and Jerry said something that really made sense.
"Worry is not having Faith in God"
Ouch. Of course this is true.. when we worry, we doubt that God will come through for us.. OR we don't think what we are doing is worthy of his time... WRONG..
Just work hard, do your best, and let the rest melt off.. He wants us to be joyful.. just think of worry as the absence of God..
who wants to live a life like that?
love you!
em
ps.. i agree.. worry-wart?...gross!
Amanda....I am not a good writer. I have run on sentencess and many more issues with writing, so please over look that.
Now I know why you are called Stevie. You are like your uncle Steve. That's all he does! He is getting better at learning to enjoy the day.
Your Uncle Steve typically doesnt really complain about any body pain or stuff like that but his left arm has been bothering him for awhile now. Finally this Saturday he said he needs to stop using it so it can heal. Why he has to wait to it gets to the point he cant use it at all I dont know.
About a month ago after being invited to join this Church online for the last 8 months I decided to try it out. They have worship, then preach a message and then they take prayer requests and pray for people. It's really neat! The whole time you can see them and type in a chat that shows up behind the Pastor for their congregation to read. After he's done preaching and reads someones prayer request he says who he is going to pray for and called your name out and sometimes he asks question but not all the time. Others pray along and one might get something from the Lord and share or ask a question about that prayer need. Well I put a couple general prayer needs.
Pastor Bob says he wants to pray over them and are we ready. Well, I was laying on the coach and your uncle was standing infront of the TV playing the WII with his one good arm. LOL He didnt know that I asked for them to pray over his arm. So when they called his name I ask if he was going to stop, he did. We started praying over it and he asked your uncle, On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the worst how is it. Your uncle said, it was an 8, so they prayed again, it didnt get any better. So the Pastor stopped and asked a question. How or why did this happen. Steve thought it was front driving alot to StL and Colorado. Well to make a long story short...it really was that he felt guilty for moving me so far away and pride for not wanting this church to pray for him because others needed healing or their prayers more. So after we realized it was a spirit of pride and humility stopping the healing from going forth and your uncle asking God for forgiveness, He went from 8 to 4 to 2 to a sliver of pain to NOTHING!!! He was healed!!! I just thought it was cool how the pastor went deep to figure the root cause. We dont want to stand out, feel guilty taking what Jesus died for us, put others before us because we dont want to appear selfish and so many other reasons why we dont receive God's best for us. I sometimes struggle with how good your uncle is to me when I dont deserve it. God has been revealing to me that I asked for a marriage that would be an example to other and especially my children. It's pretty close to being perfect as perfect can be. I get made fun of all the time, about your the lil princess. Why do people have such issues with seeing people being treated the way Christ treats us. That's how we are to treat eachother. I am not going to be ashamed or hide it anymore, not that I can with your uncle. He is the most amazing man and I it's thru his love and respect for me that I can imagine God's love for me. I didnt deserve him but God knew what I needed to understand his love.
So what is God trying to give you that you wont receive? Let God take care of your worries!! You will get better everyday if you practise giving it to him. I have spent myself many hours of wasted worry and lost all the blessings God wanted to share worrying about stuff that would never happen.
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