There was a time I worry a lot. I worry about my life, about my future, about my home, my school, my exams, my safety, my aspirations, my job, my targets, my success and the likes. I almost lost myself in the dungeon of worry. Worry is the Cousin of Fear and the elder brother of Anxiety. They are all the same family with a strong bond among them. The three family members are the harbinger of illness, depression, sickness, and their grandfather is death.
Worry never fixes anything. No wonder Shakespeare wrote that 'Our doubts are traitors, and they make us lose what we oft might win, by fearing to attempt'.
We need to defeat the spirit of fear and worry if we want to live a life of ease. No wonder Master Jesus charged us never to worry about anything. Even the meal for the following day, but we do disregard the Lord's admonition and worry ourselves almost to the point of death. Our God is a father to all. We must not fear. The Psalmist says ' The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Another verse says ' In God I trust;I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? Another wonderful assurance given to us in the sacred book says 'Let him (God) have all your worries and cares for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you'.
As we continue our journey in this world, we must make efforts to be watchful, careful but reject worry, unnecessary anxieties and reject fear in all facets of our life.
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