Worry

Luke 12:25-26  "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?  Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?"

I am guilty of worry...aren't you?  We all do it from time to time.  I certainly have over the past three years. 

What I've learned is that it did absolutely no good at all.  Worrying, in fact, is an admission that we do  not trust God to get us through difficult situations.  When we worry, we are saying that we don't think He is capable of providing for us.  Aren't we saying that we do not trust Him to take us through where he is taking us? 

We fret, we worry but it doesn't change anything.  It just makes us more uncomfortable than we should be if we really trusted Him. 

Don't get me wrong here.  I am NOT saying that the end result will always be what we are hoping for.  Our vision is just too short and our wisdom just to slight for that.  What I am saying is, that no matter where we are and no matter what is happening around us, GOD is still GOD and HE is in control.  If we trust that, if we trust Him, we should not worry. 

Bonnie taught me that.  We talked about worry and what it meant.  Somehow, as sick as she became, she never worried.  She had a calm about her that unnerved me at times.  I now understand why.  She absolutely, positively understood this passage.  She knew, that no matter what the outcome was, it would be His decision and not ours.  She trusted God enough to leave it to Him.  She knew where she would be should the 'worst' happen.   She would be there waiting on the rest of us to catch up to her.

There is a calm, a serenity that comes with this knowledge.  I will admit that I am not perfect in this yet.  I still find myself worrying from time to time.  Then, when I find myself doing that, I am reminded of the worst that can happen.  The worst that can happen is that we get to see Jesus face-to-face.