Skipping from rainbows to a N.T. verse that I love: Matthew 6: 33-34 "But first seek the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. Take therefore no thought for tomorrow: for tomorrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof."
I am a systematic, logical, orderly person. Although I have emotions like everyone else, I try to always set them to the side to deal with whatever needs to be done now--at this moment. I try to keep putting one foot in front of the other and deal with my emotions later. That's probably why I made it day to day with the problems of military life. Never enough money. Always moving (19 different directions in 15 years).
I have also seemed to have been a challenge to the medical community. Not through any fault of my own, that's just the way it happened. It has slowed me down, but I never have considered the possibility that I should slow down. I've had some difficulties.
However, for whatever the cause, I am always thinking: "What if". "What then". "What will I do if this happens, or that happens." (Probably why I ended up teaching math for 20 years.) But if carried to the extreme the "what if, what then, " approach to life can be called "worrying". If you think about something long enough, hard enough, and if there is no immediate solution it turns to worry.
Yes, I can take my problems to the Lord. I just tend to pick them up again when I get off my knees.
That's why the verses I quoted help me. First things first. Seek his kingdom and righteousness. Quit worrying about a day (or something) that hasn't yet come. Do what you can do right now. And finally, a friend once told me to think about the last part of those two verses this way: "One day's trouble is enough for one day."
Remember there is a difference between 'worry', and 'concern'. One is anxiety. The other is caring.
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