unstable in all his ways.”
The words double-minded and the words take no thought from Matthew 6 came from the same Greek word. Also the word careful is from the same Greek word merizo. It means to be anxious, stressed out, worried. So it is the anxious, stressed out, and worrying person who is unstable in all his ways.
Corrie Ten Boom said, “Worry doesn’t empty tomorrow of sorrows; it empties today of strength.”
Two different thoughts about worry follow.
First, there was a French soldier in World War I who carried with him this little receipt of worry: “Of two things, one is certain. Either you are at the front, or you are behind the lines. If you are at the front, of two things one is certain. Either you are exposed to danger, or you are in a safe place. If you are exposed to danger, of two things one is certain. Either you are wounded, or you are not wounded. If you are wounded, of two things one is certain. Either you recover, or you die. If you recover, there is no need to worry. If you die, you can’t worry. SO WHY WORRY?”
Thought number two is about a woman who had been having trouble getting to sleep at night because she feared burglars. One night her husband heard a noise in the house, so he went downstairs to investigate. When he got there, he did find a burglar. “Good evening,” said the man of the house. “I am pleased to see you. Come upstairs and meet my wife. She has been waiting ten years to meet you.”
Worry is a great destroyer. It destroys your joy, peace, gentleness, goodness, faith, your personality. Warren Wiersbe says that 98% of everything we worry about never comes to fruition. So why worry?
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Invest your time in others and you will find little time to worry.
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