Laity Leader Message

   The Christmas holidays can be very stressful to many people, and as a worrier myself I know all about it.  This year will probably be one of the hardest years to find gifts for loved ones, since the stores and even things on online are running out.  I never liked shopping online, but think this year I will have to do it.  That way I will have gifts, and I can have them shipped directly to my family’s home.  Getting together is going to be another worry all by itself.  We might not even be comfortable going to each other’s homes.  I was just thinking the other day how much my grandchildren always enjoyed the chocolate houses that some of us made together and we probably won’t be able to do that this year either.  This might just be the year that all traditions are thrown out the window!!  So, when I was looking for something to put in this month’s Muse, I found a list of Holy Scriptures about worry and thought I would share a few of them with you.  I hope they may help other worriers like me get through the holidays too.  J
Holy Scripture about WORRY

1. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own.  Matt 6:34 NIV
2. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.  Phil 4:13 NIV
3. Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint.  Isaiah 40:31 NIV
4. “Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.  Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?  Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not much more valuable than they?  Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?   Matt 6:25-27 NIV
5. But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves.  Luke 21:14 NIV
6. Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.  Psalm 55:22 NIV
7. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.             2 Timothy 1:7 NIV
8. I keep my eyes always on the LORD.  With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.  Psalm 16:8 NIV
9. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress; I will not be shaken.  Psalm 62:6 NIV
10. Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings.  Psalm 17:8 NIV

 
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
Lisa Beretz, LLBeretz@gmail.com