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We can prevent them building their nests in our hair!
" Do not worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus!" Philippians 4:5-7
Someone may say that it is impossible to avoid worrying. The disturbing experiences will come into our lives, and we cannot shut them out.
It is true they will come — but it is not true that we must admit them and surrender ourselves to their power.
It was a saying of Luther that we cannot prevent the birds flying over our heads — but we can prevent them building their nests in our hair! In like manner, it is impossible to keep cares from flocking in great swarms around us — but it is our own fault if they are allowed to make nests in our hearts!
We are to hold our hearts' doors and windows shut against them just as resolutely as against the temptations that constantly assail us, craving admission into our lives.
Is not God wise enough to manage the difficulties of our lives, and to bring order and beauty out of them?
Has He not skill enough?
Is He not our heavenly Father?
Will He not always do the very best and wisest thing for us?
Should we not trust Him, and cease to worry about anything that we have committed to Him?
Is not worry doubt — and is not doubt sin?
We are to commit our way to the Lord, trust Him, and be at peace. The only thing that concerns us is our duty. God will weave the tangled web of our life into patterns of beauty , unless by our follies and sins we mar it.
But we must not hurry Him. His plans are sometimes very long, and our impatience may mar them, as well as our sins .
The buds of His purposes must not be torn open. We must wait until His fingers unfold them.
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry " Luke 12:22