WARNING: This is a very personal post about GOD so in order to avoid offending anyone I am warning you to skip over this if you don't want to hear about it :)
I am sure we all worry. It might as well be my full time job. I went to church with a friend today not because I am converting but It's my personal belief that going to another place of worship is never a sin. Who says you have to pick one? Just be a good person. Most people can't even handle that.
My elementary school teacher at my own place of worship explained it in a way that stuck with me. Imagine that you're Ismaili, hindu, christian, Buddhist, the list goes on. We're all going up a mountain but we're all heading up to the top different ways. We will all make it to the top but we're all going to take different routes. some routes may take longer than others but we can all get there. Not picking religions or just picking one is not sinful or wrong to me and this is where most disagree and that's just fine. You have the freedom to decide what makes our hearts happy and what makes us feel whole.
Back to the point. We all worry. I worry way too much and today I really connected with the way it was explained so I thought I would share and help someone else worry a bit less. The problem with constantly worrying is it's all in the future so you can't do anything about it anyways. You're going to drive people crazy but you won't change anything. The first thing I thought about was people who don't have enough food, clothing, education etc. But the only thing I can say about that is that is where we come in and the very many good hearted people in this world who think of others and provide food and other necessities.
That is why God gave us so many great things so that we could share them with others. You must be thinking "well my life is the worst right now and I could tell you for DAYS all of the stuff that is going wrong."Yup. I don't disagree but try to relabel the worry with tomorrow because it's not here.We still worry.
We just don't have enough faith for it to be solved or for the situation to teach us an important lesson. Even I was like "are you kidding this is happening NOW.So what am I supposed to do?" Just pause to be thankful for what you have because you have a lot. Body parts, parents, school or maybe you have other things you're thankful for...just think about it. Harder. immediately I thought "well there are so many times where I didn't feel like God came through for me and I felt screwed over." What about that?" Well, ask yourself if you would ask WORRY for help and worry to guide your relationship or worry about getting that job. What would you say? Ummmmm no way. I personally am choosing to have faith in God. The whole time I was there the best thing that was said was when you start to worry STOP and pray for someone else. I can do that.
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