{"id":881,"date":"2019-03-05T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diannebarker.com\/?p=881"},"modified":"2019-03-05T06:39:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T13:39:22","slug":"no-longer-stressingno-more-worries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diannebarker.com\/?p=881","title":{"rendered":"No Longer Stressing\u2026No More Worries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I woke up one recent morning with this thought: no longer stressing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memory of a dream had faded and left me feeling stressed. By\nthe time my eyes opened, this idea had planted itself firmly in my thinking: no\nlonger stressing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wondered what that decision would mean for my life today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No more worries about that book proposal under a publisher\u2019s\nconsideration. I\u2019m confident God is in this project\u2014the passion of my heart\u2014and\nhe will see it through, in his time. If that doesn\u2019t happen, I\u2019ve given my\nbest. He\u2019s in charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No more worries about seizing every opportunity to put\nmyself out there<\/em> for the publishing\nworld. God\u2019s pulled off some pretty amazing stuff without a FaceBook following\nof 10,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No more worries about personal stuff\u2014a body that resists\nstaying the same size and a house that has an ongoing relationship with\nclutter. Determined to eat within reason, clean house within reason, enjoy family\nand friends, and watch the bluebirds settle into their house for an early\nspring nesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No more worries about circumstances I cannot change.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m surrendering all to Jesus. He\u2019s able to do something. I\nam not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No more worries about what the future may bring. My times\nare in God\u2019s hands, and his grace is sufficient. Always has been. Always will\nbe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No more worries. No longer stressing. Pondering what Jesus\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what\nye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life\nmore than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of air for they sow\nnot, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father\nfeedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhich of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his\nstature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,\nhow they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you,\nThat even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of them<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which\nto day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe\nyou, O ye of little faith?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTherefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or,\nWhat shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?…But seek ye first\nthe kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added\nunto you\u201d (Matthew 6:25-33).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s part is to take care of me. My part is to let him.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Got it. No more worries. No longer stressing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could that be as easy as simply making up my mind? Yes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do worry and stress begin? In the mind! Triggered by\nwhat\u2019s happening in my outer world, my inner world takes over, hunkering down\non worry and stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much of my outer world is beyond my control. But my inner\nworld\u2026I can do something about that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When circumstances clamor for attention (worry and stress),\nI can choose<\/em> to apply Isaiah 26:3-4.\n\u201cThou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he\ntrusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord forever: for in the Lord Jehovah is\neverlasting strength.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simple. Keeping my mind stayed on the Lord, trusting him,\nsource of everlasting strength. No more worries. No longer stressing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I can just remember that when I wake up tomorrow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please tell me how trusting God has helped you overcome worry\nand stress! And I\u2019d be so grateful if you\u2019d share this article with your\nfriends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9 Dianne Barker 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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