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Dear Friends,
Have you ever thought about all the time we spend worrying?
When we have special plans or a trip to take, we worry about the weather, if we’ll have a good time or if we’ll forget something.
When we are in a new or different situation, we worry about our appearance or what we will say.
If we have good health we worry about becoming ill, if we have poor health we worry about getting well again. Especially at this time we might worry about Coronavirus and the effects it might have on us, our families and friends.
We worry about money, and about how we spend our time.
We concern ourselves with security and about being a success. We worry about relationships and about children growing up.
We become anxious about being on time, looking good, finding fulfilment and ever so many other things.
Yet worrying keeps us from being free, from noticing and enjoying life’s goodness.
It focuses on what is unknown, or on what we think will soon be there to torment, shame or haunt us.
Worrying saps away our inner energy because we spend so much time tossing and turning over the ‘what ifs’ and the ‘may bes’.
Worrying distracts us from our vision, our goals and our dreams.
It shakes fingers at us and causes us to distrust ourselves.
Worrying eats the heart out of peace and tends to keep us occupied with ourselves instead of with God and the people of God.
Another major cause of worry is fear.
Deep fear can be traumatic and painful.
It can prevent us from having peace in our lives and can hold us back from giving the best of ourselves to others.
We have many fears – fear of the unknown, of our limitations, of failure, of pain, of growing old or of dying.
Some people fear not being loved or being unlovable.
All are sources of the constant worry that surfaces from time to time. God will not always take away our difficult situations because they are a natural part of our earthly life, but we do know that this loving presence will always hold on to us, support us and strengthen us.
This October I invite you to look into your life to see what worries you, what makes you afraid, what keeps you from using your gifts and sharing all that you are with others.
When you find yourself feeling anxious or troubled or worried, pause to hear God saying to you, as was said so reassuringly and so often to the people of scripture, ‘Do not be afraid. I am with you.’
May God bless our worrisome hearts and help them to be less fearful, more free, and more peaceful this month.
Every blessing to you all,
Rev. Diane Hicks
Letter from our Minister
Rev. Diane Hicks
