Ok, so I'm not going to waste your time re-capping what part one of abiding in God was. We are going to dig right into the next part. Please go read the first blog post here to see what my thoughts on that were :) Abiding in God helps me when I'm worrying. In the Bible, Matthew 6:27, says " Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?" I like how Jesus just says it like it is in this verse. I am not going to add an hour, or anything good, to my life by worrying. But I can tell you some negatives it will add... Worrying, according to an article I read on WebMD, is an uneasy feeling...or being overly concerned about a situation or problem. So when I or anyone else worries, our minds and bodies go into overdrive as we constantly focus on "what might happen." Excessive worriers react quickly and intensely to these stressful situations or triggers. Even thinking about the situation can cause chronic wor...
I'm a known worrier. An anxious mess. An analyzer to the Nth degree. It's annoying to say the least. I hate this about myself, and I want to make lasting changes. The only way I can change, I've found, is abiding in God. So....what does that look like? What does abiding in God even mean? Ok so first I looked up abide on my laptop haha! According to Merriam-Webster, it says this: Abide- to wait; to accept without objection; to remain stable or fixed in a state; to continue in a place; to conform to. Then I looked to see what the ultimate dictionary (God's Word) says. I'm going to share a few verses that really stuck with me. There are so many wonderful ones, but I will only share a few for now. John 15:4-9 is full of meat... " I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branc...