I am not a huge worrier. At least not about big stuff!! I tend to worry about “what ifs.” I have learned to let go of a lot the older I get but there was a time when I held on to EVERYTHING.
Does anyone else hold their breath when they are worried about something? I usually don’t realize it until I am catching my breath, trying to make up all the oxygen that I am missing. (Just a weird fact about me.)
These days, this is what I worry about most.
Am I raising them in the right way? Should they go to school today, even if they say they feel better? Am I teaching them to be responsible? The list goes on and on…
Hindsight is 20/20, but in college I felt stress and worry probably the most. Little did I know that I should have been a little less stressed out about that test that I thought would break me! Life only gets MORE complicated the older we get and the consequences are a lot greater than a poor score on a test.
So, I thought I would share with you a scripture that I would recite back then and still think about when I just need some perspective, now.
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it’s own.” Matthew 6:34 (NIV)
What I have learned, is that worry is completely different than being responsible. Do your very best at everything and God will take care of the rest.
Have a BLESSED day and worry less!
Angela
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I love that verse and in the context of raising children it is SO true!!
It’ my go-to verse. I need reminding a LOT!