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The Pinecone
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June 2015
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f r om Don J oh n s on , K i r b y P i n e s Chap l a i n
Chaplain’s COrner
Zig Ziglar, noted motivational speaker,
shared some interesting insights
into what may be one of our biggest
problems. He says, “Worry has been
described as “interest paid on troubles
before it comes due.” Worry is like a
rocking chair: it requires a lot of energy,
and it gets you nowhere. Leo Buscaglia
declares “Worry never robs tomorrow of
its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.”
Dr. Charles Mayo, whose health
centers are world renowned, further
develops this matter: “Worry affects
the circulation and the whole nervous
system. I’ve never known a man who
died from overwork, but I’ve known
many who have died from doubt. Doubt
always creates worry, and in most cases,
lack of information raises the doubt.”
Ziglar concludes that mathematically
speaking, it really doesn’t make sense
to worry. Psychologists and other
researchers tell us that roughly 40
percent of what we worry about will
never happen and 30 percent has already
happened. Additionally, 12 percent of
our worries are over unfounded health
concerns. Another 10 percent of our
worries involve the daily miscellaneous
fretting that accomplishes nothing. That
leaves only 8 percent. Plainly speaking,
Americans are worrying 92 percent of
the time for no good reason, and if Dr.
Mayo is right, it’s killing us.
Something to Smile About, Ziglar, pg. 11
Consider these two statements:
1) Paul is writing in Philippians 4:6-
7. “Be anxious for nothing, but in
Don’t Worry
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everything by prayer and supplication,
with thanksgiving, let your requests be
made known to God. And the peace of
God, which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts and minds through
Christ Jesus.”
2) Jesus is speaking in Matthew 6:25-
34. “Therefore I say to you, 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?
Look at the birds of the air, for they
neither sow nor reap nor gather into
barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds
them. Are you not of more value that
they? Which of you by worrying can add
one cubit to his statue?
So why do you worry about clothing?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they
grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet
I say to you that even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Now if God so clothes the grass of the
field, which today is, and tomorrow is
thrown into the oven, will He not much
more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What
shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’
Or ‘What shall we wear?’
For after all these things the Gentiles
seek. For your heavenly Father knows
you need all these things.
But seek first the kingdom of God and
His righteousness, and all these things
shall be added to you.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry about its own
things. Sufficient for the day is its own
trouble.”
The phrase “Why worry when you can
pray” has been inverted to “why pray
when you can worry.”We need to reverse
this to its original truth. To “be anxious
for nothing” includes everything. Now
and then; today and tomorrow; here
and there. Worry causes a frown upon
our face, but it takes less muscles to
smile than to frown, so let’s take it easy.
Things are almost never in our full
control, but when we let Him take charge
change will happen. When others see us
today what will come through to them?
Anxiety or affection? Let’s start making
a difference for ourselves and others.
Till next time, Don Johnson,
Kirby Pines Chaplain