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Today’s (8th February) Our Daily Bread says:

Hans Christian Andersen, author of such well-known fairy tales as “The Emperor’s New Clothes” had a phobia of being buried alive. As a result, he had always carried a note in his pocket telling anyone who might find him unconscious not to assume he was dead. He often left another note on his bedside table stating, “I only seem dead.” Such was his anxiety until he finally succumbed to cancer in 1875.

We may think such a fear is strange, but do we have fears that will someday look as irrational? Is it possible that the day will come when we look back and marvel at our own anxieties? Will we one day wonder at the foolish person who chose to worry rather than pray? Will time eventually cast us a pitiful person who has plagues by fear because we did not face life with the resources lavished on us by the Almighty Lord of the universe?

 Worrying doesn’t change anything. But, trusting the Lord changes everything about the way we view life.

Forgive us, Lord for our inclination to worry. Help us to see how foolish it is for us to worry about what You have promised to provide. Don’t let us bury ourselves alive with fears. -Mart de haan

A STRATEGY FOR WINNING OVER WORRY: Identify specific worries. Work to change what you can. Leave what you can’t change with God.

When we put our cares in God’s hands, He puts His peace in our hearts.