An Anxious Trust.. .. .. (part 2)

For those of you who haven't had the privilege of having one of those tests and waiting for the results, it goes something like this......... After the blood test (or CT scan or whatever) you know it's going to take a day or two to get the results. Unless you find something to distract you you spend every waking moment thinking, wondering or worrying about the results. After you go to bed you'd better not wake up at 2:00 a.m. to take a -- uh -- whiz because there will be no going back to sleep. As soon as you wake up your brain starts 'workin' it', the wondering, the worrying and there aint no goin' back to sleep. So you finally get to the next morning and every time the phone rings you break out in a cold sweat but its not the doctor's office. When the doctor's office finally calls you were out of the house for 10 minutes and they left a message saying that they called but they don't leave the results. Then you play phone tag for 2 days. And on it goes.......

NOT THIS TIME!!! I'm choosing, and it really is a choice, not to play the game this time. It is what it is and it will be what it will be. God is in control and I'm not going to worry. Oh, I get caught from time to time and my brain starts 'workin' it'. But when I realize that the gears are starting to turn I stop, ask God to give me His peace and move on. You really can choose whether to be anxious or not.

God is good all the time!

jim

Philippians 4:6-7 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ESV