Time to be happy

It seems to me that no matter how great life is going, I can always find something to get under my skin or stress me out.  Whether it's bills, sleep, work, or women, there is always something that is keeping me from being 100% happy.  Too often I worry about these things that I have no power to control.  While I do need to work to pay my bills and I do need to be around women if I ever want to get married,  I shouldn't worry about what's going to happen as long as I'm doing my part.  I can only control my actions, my words and the things I do, everything else is out of my control.  As long as I'm doing my part, I can't worry about the outcome since it is out of my hands, but I still do...

The question that I have started asking myself is, "Why am I spending my time worrying when I should be out living my life and having fun?"  Whenever I start to stress, I have noticed that my work starts to get  harder, my bills feel like the have doubled their amount, it's more difficult to meet new people and be myself,  basically, everything is effected because of the stress I am feeling.  Why do I stress myself out?  Is it because I don't feel like I'm taken care of? Is it because I feel like I have to do things myself?  Or maybe the question is... Do I not believe that God is good?

That last one is a hard pill to swallow.  I've lived a large part of my life as a believer in Jesus Christ and his greatness, but I think sometimes I act as if the stories we read in the Bible are just like the fairy-tales we were told as children.  I say that I know God is taking care of me, but doesn't the stress in my life almost prove that I'm not acting that out.  If I was living proof that God is good, I wouldn't be worrying about anything,  I would just be content in knowing that God had everything under control and all I have to do is sit back and enjoy the ride I call my life!

This reminds me of Matthew 6 verses 25-34.

"That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life-whether you have enough food or drink, or enough clothes to wear.  Isn't life more than food, and your body more than clothing?  Look at the birds.  They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feed them.  And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are?  Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

And why worry about your clothing?  Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow.  They don't work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.  And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you.  Why do you have so little faith?

So don't worry about these things, saying, 'What will we eat?  What will we drink? What will we wear?'  These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs.  Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring it's own worries.  Today's trouble is enough for today."

Why do we have so little faith?  God promises that if we serve him and live the way that we are called to live, he will provide everything that we need.  So instead of worrying, I am going to take all my worries off my shoulders, set them down by the feet of God, follow him, and allow him to provide me with what I need.  I'm done worrying!!

It's time to be happy!