Crazy Love

I've just started the book "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan, and it is fantastic! There are many points that he's made that I underlined but the one that has hit home (so far) is this one: "Both worry and stress reek of arrogance." Ok. Wow. My two biggest strongholds - worry and stress. The Bible says that the Lord can do nothing with pride and arrogance, and here I am being the most arrogant I can be by worrying and stressing out. I will say that I don't stress all the time, but I do worry ALL OF THE TIME. That was part of my problem the other night with getting ready for this trip to NYC. I worried about flying, leaving Roy at home to care for the kids, house, himself as well as get to work, soccer and church. I worry that something will happen to me while I'm here or something will happen to the kids while they're there. Chan also writes: "Worry implies that we don't quite trust that God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what is happening in our lives. Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace toward others, or our tight grip of control." The control thing is why I worry. If I worry then I feel like I will be prepared for whatever might happen. Stressing out only creates disruption in our relationships. This is what I was referring to in one of my earlier posts about being overwhelmed and taking it all out on my husband and children.


"God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine."