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Death replied, "I'm going to take 100 people today."

"That's horrible!" said the man.

"No! That is the way life is," Death said, "And that is what I do."

The man hurried to warn everybody that Death was coming. As evening fell, he met Death again. "You told me you were going to take 100 people," said the man, "Why did 1,000 die?"

"I kept my word," Death responded, "I only took 100 people, worry took the others."

This interesting tale portrays so well what the National Mental Health Committee reported a few years ago: half of all the people in America's hospital beds are constant worriers. Mental distress can lead to migraines, arthritis, heart trouble, cystitis, colitis, backaches, ulcers, depression, digestive disorders, and even death. Add to that list mental fatigue and nights without sleep, days without peace, and you get a glimpse of the havoc that worry plays in destroying the quality and quantity of our lives.
Worry intrudes on God's compassionate ability to provide. When we allow our problems to overshadow God's promises, we unknowingly doom ourselves to a defeat that was never part of God's plan for our lives. Release the regrets of yesterday, refuse the fears of tomorrow, and receive God's peace for today.

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As children bring their broken toys
With tears for us to mend,
I brought my broken dreams to God
Because He was my friend.

But then instead of leaving Him
In peace to work alone,
I hung around and tried to help
with ways that were my own.

Finally, I snatched them back and cried,
"How can you be so slow?"
"My child," He said, "what could I do?
You never did let go."

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"Therefore do not worry, saying 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or
'What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly
Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and
His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry
about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day
is its own trouble." Matthew 6:31-34