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Tips for Combating Worry

Do you find yourself among the millions of Americans who lie awake at night? Do you get caught up in the furry when a problem arises? Does the excitement make your gut turn inside out? Perhaps you are even among the millions in our society who need sleep aids and antidepressants just to make it through the day. Perhaps these worries are grounded in circumstance or just randomly flouting around in your head. Whatever the case may be there is practical actions that one can take to control the worrying mind.

The Bible has words of wisdom about worry. The book of Matthew says, "who among you can ad one hour to your life by worrying (Matt.6: 27)?" This is such a deep truth. Worrying and fretting really changes nothing. Worrying is unproductive and usually accomplishes absolutely nothing. Tell me really, the last time that you were really worried about something, did your creativity spike?

Worrying is a centuries old problem. Perhaps is stems from the fact that we are mere humans or perhaps from the fact that life it self is ever so fragile. Nevertheless, worry is a pattern of thought that we must learn to control before it begins to control us.

Paul says that we must hold every thought captive to the gospel of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5). I believe one of the many negative thoughts that Paul was addressing was that of worry. Worry is a habit of thought that we must retrain our brains not to think. One does this through actions.

One action would be to literally replace each negative though with a positive one. A little healthy daydreaming does this. Picture your self walking across the stage rather than falling off of it. On the other hand perhaps you have too much time to daydream and it causes you to worry. Fill this time with a good book; I would not suggest a psycho thriller for this exercise. I have found, however, that in certain circumstance a good action suspense movie can relieve situational stress and worry.

Another technique that was handed down to me along time ago is one of my favorites. It is called the worry box. One simply makes up a box like you would see at the election polls, only smaller. I supposed some of you might need a bigger box. Beside the box you will need a pad of paper and a pen. Then you need to block out one hour per week on your calendar. Just one hour. Each time you find yourself worrying, you simply write your worry down and put it in the box. When you put the worry in the box you are no longer allotted

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