I admit it, I am a worrier.  I worry about my family's health, I worry about my husband's new job, I worry about paying the bills on time...well, you get the picture.  I actually worry myself sick some days over things that I have no control over.  When my daughter developed a fever on Monday, accompanied by a bad cough and flu aches, my mind went directly to that worry place and I began to fret that she had H1N1 again (she's had it already once earlier this year).  Thankfully the doctor ruled it out and said it was the common flu that's going around, but by the time she gave us that news I'd already worried myself into a stomach ache and couldn't eat dinner last night.  Obviously, worry is a problem with me, and it is something Jesus was very specific about NOT doing. 

"Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on.  Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?  Look at the birds in the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not of more value than they?  Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to your stature?"  Matthew 6:25-27

When I look at the above scriptures, I am humbled.  I look back on this past year and realize just how much God has brought us through as a family.  He provided a new job for my husband within two months of him being layed off of his old one, He got my mother in law through a difficult surgery, and the many little things that happen each day that show me that God is always watching over us.  I realize that my worry is doing nothing to help anyone, it's only serving to hurt me physically and spiritually.  When I am worrying, I am telling God I don't trust Him with my life, and that is wrong.  God does care about all our lives, and He wants us to trust Him to help us through even the most difficult situations. 

At times life can be stressful and it's hard to give my worries to God, but it's at those times that I have to remind myself to do so.  God has never let me down yet and I know He never will. 

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."  Philippians 4:6-7