STOP WORRYING

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? – Matthew 6:31

“…Worry is like a rocking chair; it will give you something to do but it won’t get you anywhere.

We have moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic!

These sayings about worry make me laugh, but the following statements on worry make me think.

o George Muller said, “The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith. The beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.”

o All our fret and worry are caused by calculating without God.

When we worry, we’re saying, “God can’t.” If we are walking in anxiety, we’re not walking in faith… We know the agony of its clutches. We’re familiar with the small trickle of fear that meanders through our minds until it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. We must conquer this “God can’t” disease…

The word WORRY is derived from an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning “to strangle or choke.” The stranglehold of worry keeps one from enjoying a life of contentment and peace.

ANXIETY is that which divides and distracts the soul, that which diverts us from present duty to weary calculations of how to meet conditions that may never arrive. It’s the habit of crossing bridges before we reach them.

Worry has more to do with perspective than with circumstances. In similar situations, one…can be anxious and another peaceful…

The French philosopher Montaigne said, “My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened.” When we spend precious time worrying about what might happen, anxiety becomes negative baggage that weighs us down, saps our energy, and leaves us ineffective.

…Anxiety is linked more to the future, while depression is linked to the past. Depression is the past superimposed on the present, and anxiety is the advance interest you pay on troubles that seldom come…Worry and anxiety give a small thing a big shallow, and this shadow creates problems, not just in the soul and spirit, but in the body.”