Tag: worry wart

Evicting the Worry Wart

I don’t usually invite worry over for coffee. I’m more of a “blue skies ahead, God’s got this” kind of gal. But every now and then, that pesky Worry Wart sneaks in like it owns the place. It doesn’t knock. It doesn’t ask permission. It just plops itself down, right next to my peace, and…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 3, 2025 Off

That Precious Rocking Chair

I no longer have a rocking chair because its usefulness was over, but it meant the world to me at one time. Oh, the joy I experienced in that rocker. I sat and rocked in it and sang sweet love songs to each of my babies and grandbabies. I’d kiss their soft cheeks and take…

By Donna Wuerch Noble October 4, 2024 Off

The Demise of the Worry Wart

A worry wart is someone who tends to spend way too much time on – well…worrying — having anxious thoughts about this and that. That’s most often not me! I don’t let myself go there. But, still, there are people issues, car issues, financial issues, and health issues that creep in our minds that trouble…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 6, 2023 Off

Worry is Like a Rocking Chair

I can’t remember when I last had those “knots-in-the-stomach” feelings. Those almost paralyzing feelings. Those, “What if?” feelings. But they hit me last week. I’d pray and quote scriptures and I’d rehearse those times when Jesus schooled his followers about fear and worry, “Oh you of little faith,” and “Can any one of you by…

By Donna Wuerch Noble August 6, 2016 Off

Worry is Like a Rocking Chair

In the words of the great philosopher, Erma Bombeck …“Worry is like a rocking chair: It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you anywhere.” From first hand experience, I can tell you that statement is true. I’ve done my share of worrying…..and it never got me anywhere! I realized that it is…

By Donna Wuerch Noble July 17, 2014 Off