A World of Worry

Worrying is the hardest habit in the world to break.  I'm not even sure how many years ago I picked this horrible habit up, for it seems as if I have always had it.  The worse is when I worry about things completely beyond my control. I worry about family, friends, money, work, the list is endless.  It is a habit I have been trying to conquer and in my latest move to Louisiana I have been "forced" to see some improvement in this area.  I've found sometimes God places you in a position where you are forced to put your trust in Him.  This is exactly where I am now and He has continued to meet every need along the way. 

I am used to being in complete control, I had to give that up for this move.  It meant leaving my security blanket, my job, behind.  I also left my comfortable apartment unsure of where we would land.  I found God not only taking the resources we had and stretching them, but providing new ones along the way.  We have a cozy place to call home, plenty to eat, and paychecks that will resume soon.  It's all been done in such a way that God gets ALL the glory.  He has used so many people along the way, but it was His hand that  has accomplished it all. 

Matthew 6:25-34 has been on my heart over these last few days as I have watched the Lord working in my life, "²⁵ Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? ²⁶ Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? ²⁷ Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? ²⁸ And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: ²⁹ And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰ Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? ³¹ Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? ³² (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. ³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. ³⁴ Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."  Powerful words to remember when worry tries to creep into your spirit.

God also placed a song in my spirit throughout this time, "One Day at a Time".  Every lyric touched my heart and my situation.  Amazing how God knew the perfect song for exact time it would be needed.  It is with those lyrics I leave you with tonight knowing, God has this, one day at a time!

One Day at a Time
Written by Marijohn Wilkin and Kris Kristofferson


I'm only human, I'm just a woman.
Help me believe in what I could be
And all that I am.
Show me the stairway, I have to climb.
Lord for my sake, teach me to take
One day at a time.

Chorus:
One day at a time sweet Jesus
That's all I'm asking from you.
Just give me the strength
To do everyday what I have to do.
Yesterday's gone sweet Jesus
And tomorrow may never be mine.
Lord help me today, show me the way
One day at a time.

Do you remember, when you walked among men?
Well Jesus you know if you're looking below
It's worse now, than then.
Cheating and stealing, violence and crime
So for my sake, teach me to take
One day at a time.

(Chorus)


Writing prompt #94, "write about a habit you find hard to break." http://creativewritingprompts.com/#