My wife, Katrina, seldom worries. During the time when our daughter was away from God, she occasionally grew angry at our circumstances, and sometimes seemed mystified by my despair. However, she wasn’t afflicted with anxiety over our prodigal. That was all right; I had enough anxiety for both of us. Because of it, I began collecting insights on worry:
Worry is a small trickle of fear that meanders through the mind until it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.
—ANONYMOUS
Worry is a destructive process of occupying the mind with thoughts contrary to God’s love and care.
—NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
Worry is putting question marks where God has put periods.
—JOHN R. RICE
Worry is the interest we pay on tomorrow’s troubles.
—E. STANLEY JONES
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
—ANONYMOUS
Worry is a form of atheism, for it betrays a lack of faith and trust in God.
—BISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN
I would no more worry than I would curse or swear.
—JOHN WESLEY
True patience is waiting without worrying.
—ANONYMOUS
Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?
—MATTHEW 8:26
Do not worry about your life. . . . Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? So why do you worry . . . ? Therefore do not worry. . . . Do not worry about tomorrow.
—MATTHEW 6:25, 27–28, 31, 34
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.
—PHILIPPIANS 4:6
Gideon built an altar for worshiping the Lord and called it “The Lord Calms Our Fears.”
—JUDGES 6:24 (CEV)
Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you.
—I PETER 5:7 (AMP)