but for those that have a brain less like mine and can't understand my posts...i am going to make this quite simple. ..just today.
so, this is what goes on inside my head:
1) lately, i have been realizing just how anxious i am. yesterday when i got home from work, i sat on the floor in the living room and proclaimed "i feel like im not doing anything with my life!" of course, at the time, i really wasn't doing much. but my reason for saying this, i think, is because im constantly feeling anxious. i go through my days like a zombie. i do the same things, in the same order. i work, i run, i shower, i eat, i do devotions, i read, i write, i make necessary phone calls, and i sleep. and the next day i do the same thing.
im always anxious for the weekend to come so I can get out of my ridiculous pattern. i realize feeling anxious all the time is not good. and i realize that i am someone who hates patterns.
and most importantly, I realize that God does not want me to be anxious in anything. Not in one thing at all.
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” ~ Philippians 4:6-7
This is one of those verses that is easier said than done. It doesn't say "do not be anxious about the small things" "do not be anxious about school" "do not be anxious about work" "do not be anxious about money" "do not be anxious about relationships".
This verse clearly says "do not be anxious about ANYTHING" and then it goes on to promise us that when we stop with are petty anxiousness and give everything up in prayer then the peace of God will transcend over us.
When we finally stop our human nature from worrying so much, then it finally gives God a chance to give us His peace. When I accepted Jesus into my life, he freed me from this slavery to anxiety. I need to remember that.
"Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?" Matthew 6:26
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"But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith?" Matthew 6:30
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"Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day." Matthew 6:34
I'm not sure how well the solitary 1) bullet is working out for ya.
ReplyDeletehaha, seriously, wonderful post.