Sometimes We Worry

Sometimes we worry. We don’t mean to, but it’s what we do. We often try to fight it with all of our power. No matter how we try to white-knuckle it through a bad day, we end up fretting over what we have no control of.

If I’m not careful I do the same.

When my plans don’t play out as I schedule them, I can get short-tempered. How can I allow others to interrupt me from checking off items on my list?

It’s not until I’m wrapped in frustration that I finally get it.

“Life is not about you, Robin. It’s about Me.”

Ouch.

What about you?

What’s got you tied in knots? Do you think your world will fall apart if you can’t control what’s happening?

Life is pretty chaotic these days. It’s easy to be swayed into being fearful. But remember fear’s not of God. Revisit what we’re told in Scripture:

“… and be sure of this—that I am with you always, even to the end of the world.” Matt. 28:20.

Does that not work for you? Then how about this:

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalms 46:10

 

Let’s try–just for today–to focus on what we can control. Sometimes we worry, but that’s when we take on what isn’t ours to take.