worry-pt.2

Sometimes I think it registers as easier to worry than not

Somehow it comes easier to our psyches to fill ourselves with things beyond us than to let go of these things—to release them to the creator of the gift of life we are given to LIVE (not to worry)

It’s a constant battle I think
Of mind over matter?
No
Of faith over fear

We—or at least I, have a responsibility to myself to give honor to God who has ALL the power
When I am weak he is strong
When I don’t know where to go
When I don’t know what to do
He knows

He knows my heart
He knows my intentions
He knows all my comings and my goings
He tells me where to go
I don’t always listen—I don’t always do what He would have me do, but he always makes a way for me to find a way back to Him
His mercy and His grace are my daily bread
What would I do without it?
Certainly I would perish
Perhaps not physically but spiritually, mentally, emotionally

I HAVE to give things over to Him because I am not equipped to carry their load
There’s a song by Take 6: come unto me all ye that labor, and I will give you rest, take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls, rest unto your souls, rest unto your souls, it’s easy…ooooh, for my burden is light…

I forget this ALL the time
I forget “ye though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear no evil for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff, they do comfort me”

(bobby mcferrin’s version—medicine man)
The lord is my Shepard I have all I need
She makes me walk in green meadows
Beside the still waters she will lead
She restores my soul
She rights my wrongs
She leads me in a path of good things
And fills my heart with songs
Even though I walk
Through a dark and dreary land
There is nothing that can shake me
She has said she won’t forsake me I ---
She sets a table before me in the presence of my fools
She anoints my head with oil and my cup overflows
Surely
Surely goodness and kindness will follow me
All the days of my life
And I will live in a house forever
Forever and ever
Glory be to our mother
And daughter
And to the holy of holies
As it was in the beginning
It now and ever shall be
World without end
Amen
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Our father
Which art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth
As it is in heaven
Give us this day
Our daily bread
And forgive us our debts/trespasses
As we forgive our debtors/those who trespass against us
But lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom
And the power
And the glory
Forever
Amen

My favorite part of His glory…these songs and prayers that are His truth…is the prayer that HIS will be done
Because in all my worrying and thinking and thinking and overthinking I trust at least that whatever does happen is HIS will.
I often forget that part too—that throughout all my days, numbered though they may be, it’s His will being carried out. And I love, trust and honor Him enough to give my life to Him, just as He gave His life for me