Vixen Virgo

Praying Away Worry by Seeing Things God’s Way

 By Julia Attaway, January 25, 2012

I’d worried about something, offered it up to God, and now it was back again, sitting heavily on my chest and grinning wickedly in my face. I sighed deeply.

Show me new ways to look at this problem, Lord.

I need God’s help to put myself in someone else’s shoes, because those shoes aren’t always comfortable.

I need God’s help to view matters with another person’s eyes, because I don’t always like what they see when they look at me.

I need God’s help to look at difficulties with detachment, because my emotions color my outlook and bias my understanding.

And most of all, I need God’s help discerning which wish or hope I’m holding on to. For it’s often only when I let go of my deepest desires that my deepest worries are set free.

Over the years I’ve realized that worries often boomerang when I persist in looking at problems from the same angle. And although the prayer that leaps to my lips is often “Take this cup away from me,” it’s sometimes better to start with a different one: “Father, help me see this situation from your perspective.”

 Show me new ways to look at this problem, Lord. And in the process, show me new ways to love you.

The First Principle states:

“Whomsoever you encounter is the right one”

This means that no one comes into our life by chance. Everyone who is around us, anyone with whom we interact, represents something, whether to teach us something or to help us improve a current situation.

The Second Principle states:

“Whatever happened is the only thing that could have happened” 

Nothing, absolutely nothing of that which we experienced could have been any other way. Not even in the least important detail. There is no “If only I had done that differently…, then it would have been different…”. No. What happened is the only thing that could have taken place and must have taken place for us to learn our lesson in order to move forward. Every single situation in life which we encounter is absolutely perfect, even when it defies our understanding and our ego.

The Third Principle states:

“Each moment in which something begins is the right moment”

Everything begins at exactly the right moment, neither earlier nor later. When we are ready for it, for that something new in our life, it is there, ready to begin.

The Fourth Principle states:

“What is over, is over”

It is that simple. When something in our life ends, it helps our evolution. That is why, enriched by the recent experience, it is better to let go and move on.

Think it is no coincidence that you’re here reading this.
If these words strike a chord, it’s because you meet the requirements and understand that not one single snowflake falls accidentally in the wrong place!

Be good to yourself.
Love with your whole being.
Always be happy.