“Worry keeps you from doing what you can do today to affect a better future.”

A thought by James MacDonald (2010-05-03) from his book, 10 Choices: A Proven Plan to Change Your Life Forever (Kindle Location 2570). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

Oh if we would see this and learn this and make the right choices. James says, “Fear focuses on what you cannot control. Worry keeps you from doing what you can do today to affect a better future. Worry chokes your ability to make good choices today. Fretting about the future does not alter it.”

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James says, “Worrying about the future doesn’t change my health, but it does insulate me from doing the positive things that affect my future today.”

“I can love my family today, first and foremost. I can pray for them, forgive them, and ask forgiveness of them. I can serve them. Worrying about them might help me feel like I’m involved somehow, but all I’m doing is spinning my wheels in the mud. I have to admit I can’t control my family’s future.”

“I can save more money than I spend. I can say no to things I don’t need and pay down that credit card once and for all. I can work hard at my job and try to be the best employee that I can be. I can take classes and expand my career opportunities. I can do a lot. But worrying about the future makes me think I’m busy with important stuff instead of actually doing what I can do. It insulates me from the actions today that will ensure a better tomorrow.”

“I can’t control the moral climate that I live in. I can’t control the outcome of elections. But I can choose to trust God and turn to Him for strength and victory.”

He later says, “Face it; on this side of eternity, there will never be a day when you won’t need to trust the God who loves you.”

So what are you waisting energy worrying about?

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