Worry
I missed being there Sunday. I realize things are different when I am not at church, and it troubles me. I worry about how the service will go and who will lead the music. Then I began to worry that my Covid test wasn’t accurate because I slept my way through Saturday. As I was fretting about not being there, worrying about Kyle having Covid, and worried about me possibly having Covid, I picked up an old devotion book I have from Max Lucado. This is what I opened it to:
Why Worry?
Two words summarize Christ’s opinion of worry: irrelevant and irreverent.
“Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? Of course not.” (Matthew 6:27 NLT) Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it? Imagine someone saying, “I got behind in my bills, so I resolved to worry my way out of debt. And you know, it worked! A few sleepless nights, a day of puking and hand wringing. I yelled at my kids and took some pills, and because of my worry, money appeared on my desk.”
It doesn’t happen. Worry changes nothing. You don’t add one day to your life or one bit of life to your day by worrying. (I loved that!) Your anxiety earns you heartburn, nothing more.
Ninety-two percent of our worries are needless. Not only is worry irrelevant, doing nothing; worry is irreverent because we are distrusting God.”
Whoa! Got my attention. I hope it gets yours!
Shine, Shine, Shine!