FRIDAY FOCUS WITH TRUST!

Worry is the problem!  (Philippians 4:6)

What's the two-fold answer?
1)    Go to God through His Word!

2)    PRAY!

TRUST---HAVE IT---THRUST IT!*

*ODK had a birthday thrust of joy as all the patrons of Haywood 209 Cafe sang "Happy Birthday" to him and the stage sent him off with a slice of coconut cake "on the house" to honor his 19th!

WISDOM NEGATES WORRY!

Don't worry be happy is a bogus catch-phrase! It gives no counsel or real wisdom to one who has a "worry-bent"----even knowing worry is worthless!

(Wisdom's) Ways are highways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Proverbs 3:17, AMPC.

May this former teacher, yet often slow learner, remember the wisdom of "praying BIG to worry less" thus clearing the "worry-webs" in her head.

REWARDING RAMBLE IN THE WOODS

Rambling can be good when one is trying to refocus!

Not rambling in speech but in a quiet time. Today hubby did the directing to the place and then allowed me to traipse among the woods. Soothing came as flowers appeared and he helped me to change position in order to get close-up views.

A trillium evoked memories of my childhood wild flower garden and took my mind off unnecessary worries. 

Springtime with its abundance of flowers. White. 

Foamflower

Vibrant colors.

Hooked buttercups

Dwarf Crested Iris

Red Columbines were also in my childhood garden.

Hubby took the pix and when we returned home I could use his iphone which gave horticultural info and lengthened my on-going quiet time!

25 WORDS OR LESS

Can I do it?

Verbose by nature. Here goes............

Be anxious for nothing.....pray about everything; put requests before God; ask with thankful heart; keep mind on Christ for God's peace to come. (Philippians 4:6-7, 24 word paraphrase mine.)

Pithy picture only uses 4 words! "A truly wise person uses few words." (Proverbs 17:27)

OK Wordsmith's---comparatively, fewer should probably be used....but I've always heard "25 words or less" in gaming. OOPS my verbosity took over again!

FRIDAY 13TH = BANDWIDTH STRETCHED

Today's third day of my elective homebound status, mixed with cabin fever and way too much TV, including a National Emergency Declaration by our President, has had me stretched!
Stretched out of control.....as if I ever had control!
So...what have I learned.

• First, I am "elderly"----just ask the CDC.
• My pulmonary obstructive airways disease is a risk factor for contracting the coronavirus.
• Pandemics are epidemics jumping borders of countries worldwide.
• Pandemics can cause panic.
• I do not have to panic.

What is the take-a-way?

I, and you, don't have to let extraneous worries of our current pandemic declaration "mess" with our personal bandwidth! As my dotsydetails 2017 entry shared, & as Carol N. often reminds me, our bandwidth can be stretched beyond our energy or mental capacity----even to disabling our ability to  handle our actions appropriately.

Remember God's bandwidth is inexhaustible! Ever present.
Therefore ever-present verses can offer comfort, especially when needed in the night watches.
God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear......(Psalm 46:1-3)
He is a God who is near.  (Jeremiah 23:23) Omnipresent.

Knowing His Word, reminds me that He holds me fast in love, (Psalm 91:14); He scrutinizes my path and my lying down and is intimately acquainted with all my ways, (Psalm 139:3); having enclosed me behind and before, (Psalm 139:4); and can "instruct me and teach me, in the way I should go; and counsel you (me) with His eye upon you (me). (Psalm 132:8)

God is an ever-present bandwidth. Amen to that on this Friday the thirteenth!

T.T.T.T. Revisited

3/25/11

T.T.T.T.---That acronym is part of the marginalia I had added to 3/22 entry of my Jesus Calling. Sarah Young’s entry for that day reminded me to ”be thankful!”….. ”practice trusting,” ”practice thanking.” 

My practicing skills seem to be a little rusty lately. I know that thankfulness to the One who is the “lifter up of my head” (Psalm 3:3) can lift me above my circumstances. Needed----a “paradigm shift” from planner to truster.

That day I chose to quit worrying about the “beating” of my heart and concentrate on the grateful shaping of my heart.

T.T.T.T. is my separated and simplified reminder.

Thankfully Trusting Thee Today

Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. (Psalm 9:10)