TIC TOC, TIC TOC!

Tic Toc, Tic Toc....oh how time flies!  Our lives continue day by day and the older we get, time seems to fly even quicker than we remember.  Our parents get older.  Our children get older...heck...WE get older too.  Our grandchildren grow up and we wonder where the time has gone.

As we age, our minds begin to think about the future.  Some people worry about physical ailments, others worry about money, time spent with family, regrets, those they have lost...actually...just about everything we hold dear is a huge concern to the aging.  In reality, there is nothing we can do about any of the things we worry about.

I took my mom to a specialist today with a little medical issue.  Isn't it true when we are worried about something, many of us have enormous imagines.  We think the worst without even knowing all the details.  Yet...our minds make up these huge assumptions of what will be and it can paralyze us!  Mom had worked her mind into believing she was on the verge of death.  After speaking with the specialist, he simply said it was an issue with her current medications.  A little change could fix it all. What a relief!  A simple explanation for such a HUGE worry!

But why do we worry?  Why are things that are completely out of our control, paralyze us and make us age even more quickly?  Why do some people worry themselves to death while others seem to take everything in stride with all the assurance that things will be fine?

I wonder if Jochebed (Moses' mom) or Miriam (Moses' sister) worried when they placed him in the Nile River in a basket?  Did they fret over and animal attacking him or if an Egyptian would find him and drown him in the Nile after hiding and caring for him for 3 months?  Was it just horrendous for Jochebed when she had to return him to Pharaoh's daughter after 3 years?  Did she worry every day he would be well taken care of and not forget who his true parents were?  Tic toc, tic toc, time moves forward and there are so many unanswered questions.

Scripture tells us there is a way to be sure of our future and that we have no need to worry.  Jeremiah 29:11-13 says: For I know the plans I have you, declares the Lord.  Plans to prosper you, not to harm you.  Plans to give you a hope and a future.  Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen.  You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Promises, promises..for a hope and a future.  Promises of His care and availability to Him.  Assurance we can depend on Him.  His "declaration" to always be there.  So why do we worry?

I'm thankful to the ONE I know is beside me always.  I am grateful for His holy Word that gives me hope and assurance.  So, as the song goes....Don't worry, be happy!