{"id":1234,"date":"2016-08-06T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/worry-is-like-rocking-chair\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:07:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:07:06","slug":"worry-is-like-rocking-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=1234","title":{"rendered":"Worry is Like a Rocking Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I can\u2019t remember when I last had those \u201cknots-in-the-stomach\u201d feelings. Those almost paralyzing feelings. Those, \u201cWhat if?\u201d feelings. But they hit me last week. I\u2019d pray and quote scriptures and I\u2019d rehearse those times when Jesus schooled his followers about fear and worry, \u201cOh you of little faith,\u201d and \u201cCan any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?\u201d and \u201cDon\u2019t worry about tomorrow for tomorrow takes care of itself.\u201d and \u201cWoman, you have great faith.\u201d I heard what He said, but somehow that \u201cworry bug\u201d was having a hay day inside my tummy. How well I know better. <\/p>\n

In the words of the great philosopher, Erma Bombeck \ud83d\ude09 …\u201cWorry is like a rocking chair: It gives you something to do, but it doesn\u2019t get you anywhere.\u201d From firsthand experience, I can tell you that statement is true. I’ve done my share of worrying…..and it has NEVER gotten me anywhere! I realized that it is a time waster, energy sucker, stomach nauseater, and a depression maker — not to mention, that I disappointed God when I was a “Worry Wart”. The Merriam Webster says a worry wart is someone who worries too much or who worries about things that are not important. But more than anything, it’s admitting that I’m not trusting God to take care of the situations in my life.<\/p>\n

Sometimes\u2026.as stalwart as I profess to be in my faith and trusting in God implicitly, I\u2019m still vulnerable to the lies of the enemy. But thanks be to God, like rebooting a computer that is on the fritz or a cell phone that is on the fritz, I do a \u201crefresh\u201d and a \u201creboot\u201d on my mental page and remember what I know to be true. “Cast the whole of your care (all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all) on Him, for He cares for you.” (I Peter 5:6, 7) I love that image! I’ve been doing a lot of CASTING for fish with my grandsons, but we keep reeling the bait back in. But in that scripture, it means CASTING the cares — all of them — on Him….and NOT reeling them back in. We CAST them to Him….and let go of them. <\/p>\n

I’m learning my lessons well. When worry starts knocking on my door…..I MUST quickly put my heart and mind on HIM who is my worry-bearer. “Him I will keep in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on me” (Isaiah 26:3) I quickly go to His sweet place of peace and ease and comfort when I cast the cares, the worries and pressures to Him — after all HE is the Prince of Peace so why should I worry or fret? And why should YOU worry or fret? He’s sending a little love note to us right now: “My child, you worry too much! Remember? I’ve got this! Love, Your Dad (God)”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t remember when I last had those \u201cknots-in-the-stomach\u201d feelings. Those almost paralyzing feelings. Those, \u201cWhat if?\u201d feelings. But they hit me last week. I\u2019d pray and quote scriptures and I\u2019d rehearse those times when Jesus schooled his followers about fear and worry, \u201cOh you of little faith,\u201d and \u201cCan any one of you by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[936,7683,4644,7684,7685,7686,7687,7688,4651,4652,7689],"class_list":["post-1234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1-peter-56","tag-dont-worry-about-tomorrow","tag-erma-bombeck","tag-jesus-schooled","tag-knots-in-the-stomach","tag-paralzying-feelings","tag-quote-scripture","tag-what-if","tag-worry-is-like-a-rocking-chair","tag-worry-wart","tag-you-of-little-faith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5503,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234\/revisions\/5503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}