How To Deal With Worry by Jim Massey

How to Deal with Worry

Have you ever tossed and turned at night, worrying about something that you are sure is going to happen tomorrow and it never does? Then you are probably one of those people who this will really help a lot. I found a wonderful article once about the way to conquer worry. Let me list some of them for you.

l. Recognize that there is a big difference between nervous worry and healthy concern.

2. Get plenty of rest. Your problems look so much bigger when you are tired than when you are relaxed and refreshed.

3. Do not forget that problems have a way of diminishing in size as you get closer to them. Tomorrow's troubles look so much bigger today than they will look tomorrow.

4. Remember there is just as much chance it will not happen, as that it will.

5. Count on your hidden reserves. You have deep within you sleeping power which come forth in hours of crisis.

6. Learn to distinguish between those parts of life which you can control and those parts which you cannot.

7. Be wary of jealousy. Other people only look like they do not have a worry. Do not get the idea that worry has singled you out for its victim.

8. Check your goals. You may be worrying over false ambitions which really are not worth the effort.

9. When you are anxious, stop and something for someone, for a shut-in or a troubled friend. In extending yourself you will lose your frustrations.

10. Count on God. He has handled problems like yours long before you came along. There is just as much Divine power for you as for anyone else. Use His daily help and strength.

Now that may seem like a long list of things to do, but as you hear these things, the worry seems to begin to fall away. And please do remember that God is with you, so you have a strength that is greater than any trouble this world may bring to you.

Let us pray: Heavenly and eternal Father. Today we ask that you grant us the patience to wait on Your grace in our times of trouble. If we will do so, then Your power will fill our lives and we will not be caught in our worries.

Calm our Spirits and guide our lives. We pray these things in the blessed name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

This has been Rev. Jim Massey. Join me next week and we will talk about living a life of Risk.