Be Happy

“Don’t Worry, Be Happy”. Right. For some, that might be easy, for the rest of us, not so much. Bobby wrote that song in 1988 and most of us remember hearing it way too often back then. The message is good, but how many of us live it?

Just so you know, it didn’t take too long for that song to irritate me some. I got so I turned the station when it came on the radio. Why you might ask? Well, I don’t worry. You thought I was going to say that I worry too much. Nope, not me, I just have a lot of things & people I’m concerned about. Okay, a lot of people I am concerned about. What’s the difference? The difference is, God does a better job at taking care of the people I know and love than I ever could. I don’t know medical stuff. God does. I don’t know how to help people through their own anxiety. God does. I can’t even give myself good advice at times. But, God does. And that includes sending people into our lives to help us through our worrying.

Here is the best advice I can give anyone. I know this is harder than we know, but bear with me. If you’re reading this in the paper, cut this out and put it in your purse or wallet. If you are looking at it on the computer, print it and put it in the same place. Ready? Okay, when you put your head on the pillow tonight, give all your worries and everyone else’s to God and go to sleep. That’s it. Here’s the verse; Matthew 6:34 “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own”. Give it to Him as He’s going to be up all night anyway. Don’t forget, we are the people who truly believe He can do all things. So, let Him do what He does best and that will leave us lots of time to do what we do best.

Want to know something else? Read the rest of Jesus words in Matthew 6, beginning at verse 25. Take some time to read it over and over. Let it sink in and then, read it some more. When you feel you are ready, go to Him in prayer and place all your cares on Him. 1 Peter 5:7 reads this way; “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you”. Prayer is a conversation with God. When you talk to Him, let Him know who and what is really on your heart. The pain, the unknown, the illness of someone close, the loss of a loved one, the results you are waiting for, the marks from school.  Each prayer comes from a heart that loves and feels pain, our own and others. Tears come from when our heart gets close to another’s heart. Take it to the only one who moves mountains, and see’s the little sparrow fall.

Something to think about

Rob