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hakuna matata
1.8.09
a woman was waiting to board a plane. as she was waiting, she went to buy cookies to eat when she gets on a plane. while waiting to board, she sat at a bench a seat away from an old man and puts all her carry-on luggage on the seat between them and she reads her newspaper. after a while, she sees the man reach into the cookie bag to take a cookie and eat it. she didn't want to cause a scene so she just kept her cool and continue reading. thirty seconds later, the man takes another cookie. and again. and again. the woman could no longer concentrate on reading her paper. she then takes a cookie from the bag and eats it. the man takes a cookie and eats it too. they then started this cookie eating competition, until it comes down to the last cookie. the old man flashes his biggest smile and says, can i have the last cookie? the woman was too appalled to say anything, so the man carries on, can we share? the woman scowls, takes the last cookie, eats it, and storms off to line up and board the plane. as she gets on, she looks in her bag and sees a cookie bag. guess who's cookies she was eating earlier.all the time, we've been stealing God's cookies, thinking that it's ours. we don't realize that He was the one who actually had them in the first place. He doesn't even force us to give it back to Him. and with the last cookie 'we' have left, he smiles and says, can i have the last cookie? can we share? but what do we do. we selfishly think about ourselves and say, this is my cookie! i worked hard for this cookie! we forget that we won't even have anything if it wasn't for God.
give God back His cookies. :)
Prison of Worry:
you waste so much energy worrying, but what so you really worry about? the more you worry, the worse you feel. and the worse you feel, the more you worry.
Matthew 6:25-34
- each day has enough trouble on it's own.
how to be free from worry? STOP!
S - specify your worries.
- write down what you worry about. 96% of it is not worth worrying about.
T - take action on your worries
- turn your worry into a problem and work it out.
O - offer up a prayer to God
- there are some things we don't have control on, let God know your concerns
- philippians 4:6-7
- shape your worries into prayers
P - place your trust on the Lord
- proverbs 3:6-6
- trust, don't lean in your own understanding, and always acknowledge Him
there are some things we don't like by themselves, but it's amazing how God blends them everything to make something beautiful out of our lives.
there's only two things you can't worry about:
1. things you can't do something about
2. things you can do something about
worrying takes away our joy. the joy of the Lord is our strength. that is why when we worry, we feel like everything is gonna go wrong and that we don't have power over what's gonna happen. worry also puts all attention on ourselves, and it makes us ignore the needs of others.
HAKUNA MATATA: no worries. ;)