Wednesday, September 1, 2021

A PICTURE THAT SAYS IT ALL!

I needed to add this picture because iPhones are having trouble opening the web version in order to see this.


WORRYWART!

Worrywart is a moniker I wear all too well. Often is a better adverb choice than well, I think. 
As a youngster, in Hoptown I was aware that Mother was seen as a fuss-budget. It sounds like the worry malady is hereditary.
What worry really is---is sin! A besetting sin for some.
For a believer, this "distrust" can begin with our thoughts......which too often can be more emotion-based than truth-based. Distrust = not taking God at His word.
A mind game! Mine, can run from one extreme emotion to to the other. Hot to cold. Fluctuations that override and overule the truth from God's word. 
What's the antidote for worry? Take every thought captive. (2 Corinthians 10:5)
Remember Jesus Christ. (2 Timothy 2:8)
Others need to see you as a testimony to His truth not as a slave to your emotions.
For me, it's not as easy as the picture might suggest. In my life, it's a real struggle that I have to submit daily to the Lord as I choose to disregard my own power and cling to His Presence, never discounting His omnipresence in my life.
Farewell worrywart......until the next time! In His time, no worries.