"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own troubles." Matthew 6:34
Why is it so easy to let our thoughts run downhill? Especially when God tells us DO NOT WORRY! The context of this verse is - do not even start to worry. We are to nip it in the bud... before it grows like a snowball that begins tiny but gathers so much snow as it rolls that it becomes big enough to be used for building a snowman. Snowmen are very hard to move around. They sit there like big lumps. Worry, once it starts, is a big icey snowball that won't leave our minds. It is exhausting to deal with. Why do we waste our energy dealing with something so unnecessary? God's word says we do so much better to simply trust Him with our concerns.
Anxiety is a product of attitude not of the circumstances of the day. The question is: who am I going to trust? Myself or God? He promises that He will give us sufficient grace for each day. And we don't need to waste our energy pushing around the snowmen of our minds.
Here's a quote I have written in my Bible: "Courage is not the absence of fear; that's insanity! Courage is Jesus Christ in the midst of what makes us fearful."
We don't need to be snowed by the snowmen of our minds. Don't even start to worry. God is there for each day's troubles. I like that promise. Forget about making those snowballs!
