Corrie’s Insight about Anxiety
Worry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead. Corrie ten Boom
I’m starting to write down the way God is answering my prayers. It’s very encouraging. But I wonder, what if we kept a written list of our worries? Every January, psychics produce a fresh crop of predictions and then the year’s big events never turn out way they envisioned.
Our fears for the future are like that.
Sometimes our anxieties are incompatible with each other. For instance, I can’t run out of money in my old age—ending up homeless—and also catch cancer and die young. The chances are good that neither one will happen.
Worry also destroys faith. It’s poisonous. We become functional atheists, with no way to trust and rely on God’s goodness and His power.
So what’s the cure?
A woman named Ann Voskamp wrote a book called “One Thousand Gifts” in which she detailed her own struggles against suffocating fear. She shared how practicing radical thankfulness for God’s gifts every day built trust and joy into her life.
Instead of worrying about the future, she now focuses on God’s daily blessings.. Controlling the way we think is a battle, but it’s one worth fighting.
The feathered nest came from Pixabay.com.
Resources:
The full title of Ann Voskamp’s book is
“One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are.”
