Worry...

I seriously don't know what to write on here. It is really frustrating, but my mind is drawing a blank.

Ahh I know what I'll write about... It is something very dear to me. Especially since so many people have this certain disease called worrisome.

In Matthew 6 verse 25-27 Jesus made a point that has stuck with me. Verse 27 says very bluntly "Who of you be worrying can add a single hour to his life?" Pretty strong statement in my opinion. I'm sure most of us have read Matt 6: 27, but when it comes down to it we normally have a VERY hard time trusting God.

When you are truly faced with something--- swine flu, terrorists, even something as simple as the possibility of a car wreck--- then you learn what you are really made of. How many of us can say that we don't worry in those situations, or of those things? The truth is, we're all terrified. Those are things we can't control. It isn't up to us whether or not a car runs through a red light. It's not up to us whether or not the plane we're riding on get's hi-jacked. We don't have that control and we know it. The only thing we have is our own thoughts. Those we can control, and more often than not we direct our thoughts in the most unhealthy manner.We worry and we fret and we don't realize that by doing that we are trying to play God. we are wishing ---and in our thoughts and actions trying--- to control what happens to us or our loved ones. That's God's job, not ours! Mathew points that out in verse 26 when he states that the birds don't work, they don't toil, sow, or reap, and yet God takes good care of them as he wills. If he can, and does, take care of the flower and the birds, then he'll certainly take care of us.

God is in complete control. we may worry our heads off, but it isn't going to make a bit of difference in the real world. All it really does is take our eyes off of the One who is in control and put them on our own selves. Mathew later goes on to say in verse 33-34 "But seek ye first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it's own.

I have more to say on this subject. Oh SO much more, but I'm going to leave you with this for tonight.

Instead of worrying next time something you can't control might happen, or happens. Take you eyes off of yourself. Look to God who control the whole world, and realize that it is perfectly easy for him to take care of you. Nothing, I repeat NOTHING will happen in this world that God does not allow. So instead of trying to control you own destiny, let God decide what it best for you and trust him.

if only I could remember this when I'm worrying...

Good night all.
Harmony

Patience.... Yah, I know it's hard.

Right now I'm a little depressed. You know how things in life can randomly get you down? One minute you're king of the world, top of the hill, and then one little thing happens and you are in the depths of despair. It's quite pitiful, really.

So yes, something did happen today that's got me in the dumps. I wish it weren't so, but then, I'm not in control of my life, am I? I have to let God control what happens to me, but let me tell you, sometimes it is the hardest thing not to try and run ahead of God. Sometime He just seem to be a couple steps behind, and I want to run ahead of Him so badly! I guess I need to remind myself that waiting on God is so much better than running ahead of him and then, when I can no longer run, falling flat on my face. I think Isaiah says something about that... Yah, it's Isaiah 40 verse 31. "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." There is also something about it in Psalms 27 verse 14. "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord." Maybe if I truly decide to be patient, God will give me the strength to bear the trials life throws at me.

Now that was from me barely scanning the bible. There are numerous other references to waiting patiently on the Lord. I think part of faith is waiting. We have to believe that God has absolutely EVERYTHING under control and we have to be willing to wait patiently to see what He has planned. We have to TRUST!

So yah, I was actually going to write something completely different when I first started writing, but this ended up being what came through my fingers. Maybe I can write about that "other" thing tomorrow.

You'll just have to be patient...  Even if I'm not God. :)

Harmony

First Entry.

A part of me wonders why I decided to start this blog. Is it because at the beginning of 2009 I made a New Years resolution to make a meditations blog? Is it because I just want to look all spiritual? Why am I doing this?

Last night I started thinking about it and I really started worrying. How can I be sure my motives are pure? I think I'm starting this because I truly want to find God in everything I do, but what if I am deceiving myself. The only thing I could do was pray... and pray I did.  I begged God to make me sincere, to show me if my motives were not pure and to help me glorify him though it. After all, what is the point if it isn't truly glorifying to God?

A lot of the time most of us live our lives without giving a second thought to God. He is somewhere in the background when he should be leading the pack. It is so easy to forget about Him when we fill our sense with tantalizing stupidity. I don't want to be person who does that...

 I want to be like David who says in Psalms 86 : 12 I will praise thee O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify Thy name Forever.

May that be my heart I pray!