Worry is Like a Rocking Chair by Julie Timms
They say worry is like a rocking chair, it gets you nowhere
fast. I’ve struggled with the sin of
worry for so many years that we are old friends. Worry is a bad friend, one
that I have worked on ditching for years. I come from a long line of worriers;
it is definitely a learned habit that is a very bad habit.
I learned the hard way that worry wasted away many happy
years of my life. When my husband became ill, I realized how many happy days
that I had worried away over trivial things. I vowed to learn this lesson
during the hard time and when life was good again, I wouldn’t worry!
My husband was healed; life is good once again but guess what?
I still worry. Granted I worry far less and really don’t worry over anything
trivial any longer. I just struggle not worrying about the big things in life.
I am a work in progress; I know that this will be status quo
this side of heaven. I am working very hard on letting it go though. I learned
the hard way and I completely trust God. Worry means that I want to control God
and as my dear friend said to me last week, “God is uncontrollable”
God is uncontrollable. I cannot make him do anything by
worrying and things always work out in the end. Faith is trusting in the unseen and knowing that God is already
working on that for me.
My main worry has always been finances. I know God always
has provided for our every need and we’ve been faithful with them. I have
prayed with one friend many times about her finances and God has always
provided. Now it’s my turn to trust in
him for provision and watch him work.
This month we are packing up our home and getting ready to
move. We are not worrying about the future ignoring the naysayers and following
God. We’re trusting completely in him for our future and letting go of worry
and doubt. God is calling our family to
serve him in another state; we need to follow his call and trust for his
provision.
I would covet your prayers that I will obey God. I hope that
many of you can relate to this and find comfort that you’re not alone. I will
keep you updated on our move and share what God does. I am working on not
worrying and will keep you updated on my progress.
This is our family verse and we are focusing on its
promise as always
Matthew 6: 25-34
“Therefore I tell you,
do not worry about your life, what you will eat or
drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and
the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of
the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly
Father feeds them.Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by
worrying add a single hour to your life?
“And why do you worry
about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or
spin. Yet I tell you that not
even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of
these. If that is how God
clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into
the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry,
saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run
after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his
kingdom and his righteousness, and all these
things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry
about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough
trouble of its own.
About the Author: Julie Timms
Julie has been married for seventeen years to the world’s
most patient husband. Homeschooling mom of a tween daughter and teen son. She
blogs at Just Jules a autobiographic,
candid look into her life while sharing God’s glorious triumphs and miracles
for their family. Proud organ donation recipient’s wife and working tirelessly
to give back to the organ donation community and share their story. She tweets @Julesmpg talking about NKOTB, Pro
Cycling and her beloved Packers and sharing her fitness journey while trying to
lose 100 lbs. Never a dull moment with Just Jules.
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