A Little Thing Called Worry

There are a hundred things that I could find reason to worry about.  Truly.  I won't bother to make a list, so just take my word for it.  But with everything that has happened in my life in the past four years, all the plans that were turned upside down, all the uncertainties, all the what-if's, I have given up on worrying and trying to sort things out for myself.  Because I am finally learning that I cannot figure things out on my own.  I cannot make plans for the future, because I do not know what the future holds, and I cannot worry about how this or that will turn out, because God has proven time and time again that He has already worked things out.  I just have to be patient.

Christ says, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. ²³ For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. ²⁴ Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! ²⁵ Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? ²⁶ Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?" Luke 12:22-26

He goes on to say much more, and there is a similar passage in Matthew 6, but honestly, these words of Christ can be very hard to live by.  At least, they have always been hard for me to accept and live out.  But the more curve balls God has thrown our way, the more I am learning to let go.  To stop trying to be in control and to stop worrying.  I know, of course, that talking about not worrying and actually not worrying are two very different things, but I am so thankful that God is slowly working on my heart, and bringing me to a place where I can truly rely on His sovereignty, and live a life of joy, free (or almost free) of worry.

I will leave you with a beautiful quote by Corrie Ten Boom that sums things up:

"Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear...worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength."

I am praying that you are not wasting precious moments of your life in a cycle of inefficient thoughts of worry and fear.  God has much bigger plans for us than that!