Everyone tends
to worry. It robs us of peace and joy. Worry steals our hope. Our good Shepherd
knows how worry creates adverse effects upon our health. Jesus advises, “Do not worry about your
life… 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? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”(Matthew 6:25-27).
How do we not worry when we’re facing a deadline?
When a car payment is due and finances are tight. When our children make
foolish choices. When we receive a gloomy medical report.
What is worrying
you?
Several years
ago my 18-year-old daughter planned to move out of the house on the heels of
high-school graduation. I worried! Worry caused me to imagine awful scenarios. I
lost sleep. I rehearsed a plethora of “what ifs.” Worry dragged me around by
the neck and choked my faith.
