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*In the dictionary, the word “worry” is defined as this: to feel uneasy or concerned about something; to be troubled Beauties, I have a confession to make. I’m a worrier. It’s true. I find myself worrying about a lot these days. My grades, my family’s health, how I’m going to pay for school AND how I’m going to pay for gas to put in my car to get me to school! I also worry about my friends and occasionally I worry about really dumb things like what I’m going to wear next week. Well, after some sleepless nights and silly tears the Holy Spirit finally convicted me. I began to realize how silly I must look to God. Here I am claiming to be a daughter of the Almighty and I’m freaking out over some earthly things that will eventually pass away! It’s so easy to lose sight of the bigger picture isn’t it? And that is precisely what the enemy wants. He knows that when you worry, you will get sidetracked and your eyes won’t stay on Jesus. The enemy even sends those little thoughts in the middle of the night that leave you feeling discouraged and concerned about things that God has already promised He has under control. Worrying makes situations ten times worse than they really are and stresses us out to the MAX! How many of us can relate to that feeling of just being overwhelmed? If you haven’t, let me tell you: It’s not a great place to be. I once heard a preacher say that the word “worry” translates into “to strangle” and “to harass”. How crazy is that!? We are merely strangling and harassing ourselves when we let worry eat at us. I challenge you today to stop concerning yourself with things that the Lord can and will take care of. It’s one thing to claim Him as our provider/strength/protector and another to actually believe that He is! The Bible says in Matthew 6:25-27: 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” My favorite line is verse 27. How true is that statement!!?? Worrying does nothing positive for us! AT ALL! You’ll mess around and LOSE days of your life by worrying! I charge you today, myself included, to really trust God at His word. Let’s step out on faith today okay? Just give Him a chance. It is my prayer that you will grow closer to the Father a little more today than you did yesterday. Be Blessed Beauties! XO Matthew 6:31-34: 31 “So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
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Zato vam kažem: Ne budite zabrinuti za život svoj: što ćete jesti, što ćete piti; ni za tijelo svoje: u što ćete se obući. Zar život nije vredniji od jela i tijelo od odijela?" Pogledajte ptice nebeske! Ne siju, ne žanju, niti sabiru u žitnice, pa ipak ih hrani vaš nebeski Otac. Zar niste vi vredniji od njih? A tko od vas zabrinutošću može svome stasu dodati jedan lakat? I za odijelo što ste zabrinuti? Promotrite poljske ljiljane, kako rastu! Ne muče se niti predu. A kažem vam: ni Solomon se u svoj svojoj slavi ne zaodjenu kao jedan od njih. Pa ako travu poljsku, koja danas jest a sutra se u peć baca, Bog tako odijeva, neće li još više vas, malovjerni?" Nemojte dakle zabrinuto govoriti: 'Što ćemo jesti?' ili: 'Što ćemo piti?' ili: 'U što ćemo se obući?' Ta sve to pogani ištu. Zna Otac vaš nebeski da vam je sve to potrebno. Tražite stoga najprije Kraljevstvo i pravednost njegovu, a sve će vam se ostalo dodati. Ne budite dakle zabrinuti za sutra. Sutra će se samo brinuti za se. Dosta je svakom danu zla njegova."