worry....

“Do not worry…

Look at the birds of the air,

that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns,

and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

Are you not worth much more than they?”

~ Jesus in Matthew 6:26

Big shout out to my blogger friend at Faith Barista http://www.faithbarista.com/2010/09/letting-go-of-worry/

She's started what she called the Faith Barista Jams.  Weekly Topics (on Thursdays unless I've crossed my days) that we can all blog and share our feelings on.

I've wanted to participate since she announced it but to be honest, life has been beyond crazy this past month.  And shows no signs of slowing.

However today's topic -WORRY- seems very fitting in this season of my life.

Also I LOVE the scripture at the top- which I stole off her page. 

It's such a great reminder of what a promise we have in Christ. 

That promise that he will take care of us, provide for us. 

I must say I'm just like Bonnie though. 

I worry.

I try not to but I do.

And more often than not that worry turns to stress,

which like I wrote before leads to all sorts of bad things. 

I confess I've been doing my fair share of worrying lately.

With the sister being engaged to a boy she's only known 2 months comes a lot of worry.

I feel like I can't help it, she's my sister. 

But I shouldn't worry.  God can take care of her. 

He can open her eyes if it's not right.

He can speak to her heart.

He doesn't need me to worry or stress about it (or do a background check on the guy)

He has it under control. 

I just need to trust and pray. 

That's my job.

He also doesn't need me to worry about my housing situation.

Yes I need to budget, pray, and plan.

But he will work it out for me when it comes to buying a home.

The real truth of the matter is that we can all find something to worry about at any given moment. 

No matter the day or hour there is always something we could worry about.

But the REAL truth of the matter is that we don't need to.

He has it all under control.

We need to let it go, give up that control and allow him to move in our lives.

In his time and in his way.

He will work it out so we are provided for. 

We needn't worry about that.

Stress...& Expectations

Did you know that it's said that Stress not only expands your waist line but also makes your hair fall out?

Which is a really not cool thing, especially for us ladies. 

After all- it's generally acceptable for men to become a little rounder and a little balder as the years pass. 

For women not so much. 

Right?  Any one disagree?

I won't go into the double standard that is with the whole men gaining and losing hair thing.

However I also got this verse in one of the inspirational emails I get sent daily.


Don't worry about anything; instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6

I LOVE this...I don't know about you but when the scripture is put in everyday English...in a way that is so "hit you on the head with a 2x4", in that way there is no wiggle room to think it means anything else.  Or that we are supposed to do something else or expect something else.

I think there's a lot to be said for expectation.  Do you ever expect something and then when your expectations are higher get really disappointed? 
Take movies for example...ever had the experience where you are really looking forward to seeing a particular movie.  Maybe because everyone has told you it's really good, or it's gotten great reviews or possibly you read the book- regardless you had really high expectations.
I don't know about you but I know that with me (when it comes to movies) I try not to have high expectations.  Because when I do I'm always disappointed in the movie.  Even when I enjoy it, I usually don't end up "loving it" because I expected it to be better.

Ever have that happen in life?  Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that we shouldn't have great expectations in life.  Or maybe I am; I think that better than great expectations for our lives we should have God expectations.

Often times I worry about my plans, my "expectations" for my life.  Which obviously is wrong- all I have to do is read that scripture to see it.  Instead of that I need to work on my communication skills, and pray...about marriage, relationships, schools, and all the things of life.  I should expect great God things, not stress about my life and those things in it.
After all I'll be happier if I do that (God's peace and all) not to mention that it should make me skinner and I'll have more hair :o)