One of the most profound benefits of my christian experience has been the peace that God has given me. My life before christianity was filled with anxiety and fear. Anxiety is horrible. I lived with the fear of uncertainty and insecurity in life. I used to freak out when bad things would happen, which just seemed to bring more bad things to fruition as negativity breeds negativity.
Stress, financial problems, housing crisis, unemployment. Worry, worry worry. Constant worry. Always thinking, dwelling on things, on problems. That was my life and it sucked.
Nowadays I have peace. I don't worry, I don't stress. Of course bad things still happen but it just doesn't affect me like it used to. God is in control of everything, including the good and bad things that come into our lives. We are not in control, God is. All of these trials are temporary. Once you come to this conclusion you realize that all of these earthly problems will happen to the lost and the saved. But he will be with us in our trials and we have the hope of a future free of all of the effect of sin. We just need to lean on God and give him all of your worry, fear and anxiety.
In God we trust.
Stress, financial problems, housing crisis, unemployment. Worry, worry worry. Constant worry. Always thinking, dwelling on things, on problems. That was my life and it sucked.
Nowadays I have peace. I don't worry, I don't stress. Of course bad things still happen but it just doesn't affect me like it used to. God is in control of everything, including the good and bad things that come into our lives. We are not in control, God is. All of these trials are temporary. Once you come to this conclusion you realize that all of these earthly problems will happen to the lost and the saved. But he will be with us in our trials and we have the hope of a future free of all of the effect of sin. We just need to lean on God and give him all of your worry, fear and anxiety.
In God we trust.