CONVICTED!

James was driving me nuts this morning. Right off the bat, he starts worrying about his friend Elise who's coming over this afternoon. "What if she gets on my bed and breaks my sword?" "What if she puts the hamster food (with nuts) in my room?" "What if she finds my batman car and breaks it?". Out of exasperation, I finally looked at him and said: "James! She isn't even coming until after lunch! Don't waste your morning worrying about what might or might not happen!" Then I got convicted. You see, I've been worrying a lot lately. This trouble with the economy has me worried. Not because of the "doom and gloom" predictions, but because of  the uncertainty of it all. No one seems to know where our country will be in a year, so my mind is filling in all the what ifs. But, like I told James this morning, why waste today worrying about what might or might not happen tomorrow? Planning is one thing. We put up Jp's favorite toys and the hamster food to prevent unnecessary conflicts and we plan for what might happen by stocking up on bottled water, rice and beans and make wise moves with our money. But worrying is a waste of today. Only God knows what tomorrow holds and He has it all under control anyway. The only thing that makes me nervous about that is that God is known to refine us with fire and I don't like to get hot!