Family Tree

Having come from a long line of worriers, I sometimes try to blame my forefathers for being such a worrier. While we know genetics play a part in our health, I also know my choices have consequences on my health as well. I can’t place all the blame on great, great grandpa. We can’t use our family as an excuse to give up or give in. Every decision I make could have a lasting consequence. Talk about pressure! Like we don’t have enough coming at us? We can’t eat this or don’t use this. And we thought this was healthy, but it is now bad for you. You have to have this much saved by this age and have this much in your kids college fund by the time they turn three months old. It can be exhausting and overwhelming. No wonder our society is more stressed than ever before in modern history. Who makes these rules anyway? I give credit to anyone who has it all together, but that is not I. I am a lost lamb and am only saved by the grace of God. I need Him and want Him. Maybe that is why God allows anxiety in my life? Now don’t get me wrong, God is good and evil does not come from God. That is from Satan alone. But I do have to ask myself if I didn’t struggle with anxiety, would I seek out God as much as I have? I have to be honest with myself and say I am not sure. While anxiety is a struggle, my trials have also helped me grow, although I really, really hate that part.  Seeking Him in good and bad is a habit I am learning, but it is a daily practice. I am thankful for God’s grace and blessings, none of which I deserve, but which I gratefully accept. So let’s not get too caught up in the things we cannot change, but focus on what God has in front of you today.

“casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.”

1 Peter 5:7

1 Peter