WHY WORRY?      Anxiety is a problem all face.  Some handle it reasonably well.  Most struggle.  I read years ago about two friends who bumped into each other at a shopping mall.  One said to the other, "You look terribly worried.  What's wrong?"  His friend replied, "I've got so many troubles that if something else bad happens, it will be at least two weeks before I can worry about it."      Why do we worry so much?  How do we stop worrying?  For most of us, the root cause of anxiety is a weak faith.   That's probably not what we want to hear, but it doesn't make it any less true.  The apostle Peter wrote: "Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him for He cares for you" (1 Peter 5:6, 7).   What he said is that we should turn our worries over to God and He will take care of them.  But, we live life as though everything depended on us.  It doesn't!  The sooner we recognize the sovereignty of God, the sooner we will be on the road to dealing with our worries.      Jesus said, "...do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on.  Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?" (Matthew 6:25).  He then went on to say that God knows what we need, and He will provide (Matthew 6:32, 33).  Don't fret about tomorrow, but take care of today.  If we do that, when tomorrow comes, all will be well.      Worry produces noting of value and much that is harmful.   No problem was every solved by worry.  No one has gotten a more restful night's sleep because of worry.  No one has seen life enriched by worry.  No one has found peace and comfort through worry.      The things we worry about almost never happen, and if they do, worrying about them didn't prevent them from occurring.  Christians live each day expecting the best, but prepared for the worst.  Worriers fret so much about what can go wrong that they fail to enjoy all that goes right.     Yesterday's worries are only today's faint memories.  We don't know the future, and we can't relive the past.  Today is all we have, and we must not let anxiety prevent us from seizing its opportunities and realizing its potential.   We must let go and let God take control.  "This is the day which the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" (Psalm 118:24). ---Roger