WORRYING MAKES YOU MISERABLE

WORRYING MAKES YOU MISERABLE


HEALTH can be a MAJOR worry
And it has been for me
OVER the years


You can worry about
What your Primary CARE Physician says
Or what your gastro specialist says


Or your blood pressure
Or what exercises you
ARE going to do
Today and tomorrow


But the TRUTH IS:
You have LITTLE control over it
Other than eating right-
Exercising-and taking your medications


I found out the hard way
ALL you can do is
TRUST GOD and let it go


He has a PLAN for you-
For everyone of us-
And it is GOOD-
If you work with him


“CAN any of you
Add a single moment
To your life-span?” Matthew 6:27


Hardly-
Worrying is more likely
To TAKE TIME from your life-span
And just leave you FEELING MISERABLE


And it doesn't give
You ANY more control over
Any such matters


Worrying-or obsessive thinking
Causes TROUBLE
For all of us


It is a REFLEX-or-
Learned behavior-and even IF something
Bad does happen-worrying
CONTROLS NOTHING
And leaves us feeling miserable


“........
Do NOT worry about
What to say
Or how to say it


At that time
You will be given
What to say


For it will not be you-
Speaking-but the SPIRIT
Of your Father-
Speaking through you” Matthew 10:19-20


Worrying DOES make us miserable
And it does us NO GOOD
It diminishes our enjoyment
Of simple things in life like:
Sparrows-flowers-crystal blue ocean water-
And nature


BUT when we ALLOW GOD'S SPIRIT
To speak through us in:
“Joy-gentleness-goodness-kindness-love-
Faithfulness-patience-peace- and Self-control”


We find ENJOYMENT-in-
The SIMPLE things of life


We learn to TRUST GOD
And let worry go


“Some trust in chariots
And some trust in horses


But WE TRUST
In the name of
The LORD OUR GOD” Psalm 20:7


“TRUST in the Lord
With all your HEART
And lean not
On your own understanding” Proverbs 3:5


YES!-do the BEST
That you can do-and-
LET GO of all worry


It makes you miserable-and
Adds nothing to your life


Jesus INVITES you
LET GO & LET GOD


Let us
GIVE IT A TRY TODAY


Robert P. Wallman
2-25-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mark Neilsen


4-7-2019