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For the Anxious of Heart

It's the green eyed, trying too hard, wanting to control it all monster. It's time to let it go and find rest.

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It's so easy to become overwhelmed. There's always things to do, people to see, and places to be. It's the whispers at night that tell us we're not enough nor will we ever be. We compare our lives to others till we're full of envy with the green eyed monster. There's a constant anxiousness that we begin to carry in our hearts. Any good news a friend shares with us we rejoice with them on the outside and beat ourselves up on the inside. Then we start to tell ourselves we need to work harder, try better, be more. Control kicks in. In order to fulfill this superficial tall order of working harder, trying better, and being more we have to be in control. Three steps ahead of the game to keep up on top and keeps up steering the wheel the way we've planned.

Friends, this is exhausting. I'm exhausted. Always fearful of what unplanned circumstance I didn't plan for is around the corner. Losing my mind over things that honestly weren't in my control in the first place. Anxious over the idea of tomorrow already losing the purpose of today.

But God has called me from this life of anxiety and control. He tells me to rest easy because all of the tomorrows are already His. That is I truly believed He is a good, good father and that His faithfulness is true to His Word, then I am free. It's not an easy concept and it doesn't come without discipline, prayer, and surrender. Don't take it from me though, Christ has said it all so much better.

"When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." Psalm 94:19

“Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?” Luke 12:22-26

“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.” Psalm 55:22

“I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4

"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;his mercies never come to an end: they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” Lamentations 3:22-24

"Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me." Psalm 54:4

The Lord created you, He has purpose for you. Be still. Let go. Rest your anxious heart on the promises of already taken cared of tomorrows. He is good.


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