Today I was inspired by something my professor said during class. We're doing a lit review as our final assignment in the class, and my professor sensed that some of us were worrying about writing it. She was probably right. In any case, this is what she said: "Don't worry about something you can do something about. Just do something about it and stop worrying. Like this paper...just write it! Stop worrying about it. And don't worry about something you can't do anything about. For example, if you want to have a picnic on Saturday but you're worried it's going to rain, your worrying isn't going to change anything. It's either going to rain or its not going to rain, and you worrying about it is not going to change anything. So what does that leave you to worry about? Nothing. There you go."
I immediately thought of Matthew 6:27, which says, "Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?" ...if you answered "yes" to that, you may want to go talk to someone about that. Because I know for me the answer is definitely "no." Worrying about something does NOT make anything better. In fact, we're wasting more time worrying about doing something when it would have taken less time to just do it.
Hakuna matata.
God, I thank you for revealing Yourself to me today through my professor. Thank You for giving me peace of mind and helping me to stay focused on You. Help me not to worry and to just lay everything at Your feet.
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