Title:  Almost One Day Old

   Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
   In her book, Celebrate Joy!, Velma Seawell Daniels gives a striking new meaning to this familiar phrase. She tells of interviewing a man who had made a trip to Alaska to visit people who live above the Arctic Circle.
   "Never ask an Eskimo how old he is," the man said. "If you do, he will say, "I don't know and I don't care." And he doesn't. One of them told me that, and I pressed him a bit further. When I asked him the second time, he said, "Almost -- that's all." That still wasn't good enough for me, so I asked him "Almost what?" and he said, "Almost one day."
   Mrs. Daniels asked him if he could figure out what the Eskimo meant. He answered that he did but only after talking to another man who had lived in the Arctic Circle for about twenty years. "He was a newspaperman who had written a book about the Eskimos and their customs and beliefs. He said the Eskimos believe that when they go to sleep at night they die -- that they are dead to the world. Then, when they wake up in the morning, they have been resurrected and are living a new life. Therefore, no Eskimo is more than one day old. So, that is what the Eskimo meant when he said he was `almost' a day old. The day wasn't over yet."
   "Life above the Arctic Circle is harsh and cruel, and mere survival becomes a major accomplishment," he explained. "But, you never see an Eskimo who seems worried or anxious. They have learned to face one day at a time."
   Have you learned how to put worry and anxiety aside and live one day at a time? Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

See:  Lam 3:22-23; Matt 6:34; Phil 4:6-7

Title:  Licking The Worry Problem

   Lisa Owens was facing knee surgery. She was a bit nervous about it, so she asked her boss, the veterinarian at the clinic where she worked if he had any advice for her. He was very comforting and without any hesitation he told her, "Turn your worries into prayers, get plenty of rest and don't lick your incision."

   -- Reader's Digest

See:  Phil 4:6-7

   According to John MacArthur, some years ago, the Mayo Clinic stated that statistically 80 percent to 85 percent of their total case load were ill either in reality or artificially due directly to mental stress. Also according to MacArthur, not too long ago, there appeared an article in a leading medical journal entitled, "Is Stress the Cause of All Disease?" The author of the article says that at the beginning of the century, bacteria were considered to be the center of attention. Today, mental stress has replaced bacteria.

See:  Isa 26:3; Rom 8:6

Title:  Worry for the worried

   Many folks worry about things that never happen. It is like the patient in the mental hospital, holding his ear close to the wall, listening intently. The attendant finally approached.
   "Sh!" whispered the patient, beckoning him over.
   The attendant pressed his ear to the wall for a long time. "I can't hear a thing," he finally said.
   "No," replied the patient, "it's been like that all day!"

See:  Prov 12:25

Title:  A glass of worry please

   According to the National Bureau of Standards, a dense fog covering seven city blocks to a depth of 100 feet is composed of something less than one glass of water. That is, all the fog covering seven city blocks 100 feet deep could be, if it were gotten all together, held in a single drinking glass; it would not quite fill it.
   This can be compared to the things we worry about. If we could see into the future and if we could see our problems in their true light, they wouldn't blind us to the world -- to living itself -- but instead could be relegated to their true size and place. And if all the things most people worry about were reduced to their true size, you could probably stick them all into a water glass, too.

See:  Psa 94:19

Title:  Mondays

   Many go to work on Monday and can't wait until Friday.
   In fact, since mondays are so depressing for so many people, that day may be hazardous to your health.
   A long-term follow-up study of nearly 4000 men found that 38 had died of sudden heart attacks on Monday while only 15 died on Friday. For men with no history of heart disease, Monday was particularly dangerous.
   Among that group, an average of 8.2 heart attack deaths occurred on each of the other six days of the week, while nearly 3 times occurred on Monday.
   So if you're a pastor, make sure you take Mondays off!

See:  Phil 4:6-9

Title:  Overheard in an Orchard

   Said the Robin to the Sparrow,
     "I should really like to know
   Why these anxious human beings
     Rush about and hurry so."
   Said the Sparrow to the Robin,
     "Friend, I think that it must be
   That they have no Heavenly Father
     Such as cares for you and me."

   -- Elizabeth Cheney

See:  Matt 6:26-34

Title:  Let God Worry

   A widow who had successfully raised a very large family was being interviewed by a reporter. In addition to six children of her own, she had adopted 12 other youngsters, and through it all she had maintained stability and an air of confidence. When asked the secret of her outstanding accomplishment, her answer to the newsman was quite surprising. She said "I managed so well because I'm in a partnership!" "What do you mean?" he inquired. The woman replied, "Many years ago I said, 'Lord, I'll do the work and You do the worrying.' And I haven't had an anxious care since." We could all profit by following the example of that mother. When we carry our part of the load, we need not be disturbed by the demands of life.

See:  1 Pet 5:7

Title:  Interested in Worry

   Worry is the interest we pay on tomorrow's troubles.

   -- E. Stanley Jones, The Christ of the Mount, (Nashville: Abingdon, 1931), p. 235.

See:  Matt 6:34

Title:  Trusting in Worry

   If we worry, we can't trust; if we trust, we can't worry.

See:  Psa 139:23

Title:  Memo From God

submitted by: Dr. Tom Hall

Memo: To Do Today
From: God
To: Christian

Today,  I will be handling all of your problems. Please remember that I do not need your help. If the devil happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do not attempt to resolve it. Kindly put it in the SFJTD (something for Jesus to do ) box. It will be addressed in My time, not yours.

Once the matter is placed into the box, do NOT hold on to it or remove it.  Holding on or removal will delay the resolution of your problem. If it is a situation that you think you are capable of handling, please consult me in prayer to be sure that it is the proper resolution.

Because I do not sleep nor do I slumber, there is no need for you to loose any sleep. Rest my child. If you need to contact me, I am only a prayer away.

GOD