Anxiety

So, the other day I was feeling a little bit down, frustrated actually.  A good chunk of the kids that we are responsible for individually decided to make some very poor choices.  Our day was then spent calling parents, and meeting with teachers, and other people affected by these choices.  I am not exactly sure what caused all these to happen on the same day, but they did.  And I was frustrated.  

When I am frustrated I usually go out for a walk and talk to God about it, and read the Bible.  I am always amazed at the way God chooses to speak to me.  His voice is so clear.  Again He ministered to me and brought me great joy.  The verse I read that day was in Luke 21.  "Be careful or your hearts will be weighed down with...the anxieties of life, and that day will close in on you unexpectedly like a trap."

I definitely was feeling weighed down.  I can't walk very far down the path in front of me if my load is hunching me over.  God's will for my life is not to have me follow Him like that.  Staying like that is a trap.  It prevents me from moving forward.  I need to give those "anxieties of life" to Him.  And then leave them there, and choose joy.

Great verse!  I memorized it and then that day God brought three different people across my path that needed to hear those words.  He is so cool!

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