There’s no shortage of trouble—especially of our own making in the form of worry. We worry about our jobs, our bank account, our family, our health, our country and even whether others are worrying enough about the things that concern us. Face it. Most of us are bonafide trouble makers. It’s not too surprising then that anxiety disorder is the number one mental illness in our country. And as Twain observed, most of what we worry about never comes to pass. What will pass when we harbor worry, however, is our youth. Chronic worry disrupts our natural hormonal balance and accelerates aging, giving us even something more to worry about. “Who of you,” Jesus asked, “by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” (Luke 12:25) Indeed! Why take hours away too?

Your thoughts? Is something troubling you today that’s stealing your vitality?

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Have you seen the “You are here” T-shirts with an arrow pointing to a small speck in a picture of a vast galaxy? It’s a humorous reminder that, despite our aspirations otherwise, we are not the center of the universe. And considering that there are an estimated 125 billion galaxies, eighteen for every living person, our little center of the universe is very small indeed. Yet, this insignificant little spec, visible on earth only for an instant of time, is, from God’s perspective, something He takes great delight in. The psalmist, David, asked with astonishment, “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?” (Psalm 8:3-4) God put our little spec on Earth to be ruler of His greater handiwork (Psalm 8:6). Now that we have that perspective, aren’t there bigger and better things to worry about?

Your thoughts? What are some of those small all-consuming worries that you could surrender to His care?

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