Worked It Back In…

God took the worry from us so why worry?

Until around this morning during a conversation with one of my good friends this question never crossed my mind. But during our conversation this exact question was blurted from my mouth…God took the worry from us so why worry? In the moment as I was asking the question I couldn’t tell if I was talking to myself or to my friend or maybe to the both of us. But I do know it was something that stuck with the both of us during the rest of the conversation. We couldn’t get away from it because during our conversation some of our own worries were being brought up.

The one common thing we had going for the both of us was that we somehow worked worry right back into our lives. Even after praying and standing on God’s word we somehow worked worry right back in, right after God worked it out. But until we both talked about our own worries, we both never knew the real extent of the worries. The more we talked the more it was apparent that we both worked our own worries out then right back in again as if life couldn’t exist without them. The more we listened the more we both took a stand together to not see our friend drown in worry.

For so long I lived a life of true secret worry. While I smile out in public, I knew in the back of my head what reality was waiting for me behind closed doors. The reality I accepted from all the worry I was worrying about was so tiring I worried if I was going to get enough sleep to be functional. One worry after another keeping me locked in a cage with no way out, no key in sight. It wasn’t a life that I would choose for myself, but it was a lifestyle I was accustomed too. I worried so much that in moments it was easier to keep to myself. I would never want to rub my worries off onto others.

Once my friend and I were honest about our worries it was if we were both being let out of our cages. As I hear my friend talk about his worries, I think to myself I can’t let that happen. As my friend hears my worries, he is saying I can’t let this happen. As we both have this moment of agreeing that we won’t let the other worry their way through life we realize the key. The key was the both of us agreeing together that we won’t see the other person worry their life away. When we both agreed together it was if the door to our cages flew open.