We often worry about someone – most probably the people we love and who are dear to us. It’s quite a common thing to get worried when you’re not with that person or when you’ve no idea where that someone is, what that someone is doing, etc. Does worrying about that particular someone mean that you care?
This is the fifth entry on my series about Worry.
My previous entries:
Top 5 reasons why you should not worry
This entry has been strongly inspired by Harold J. Sala’s book: “Making Your Emotions Work for You”
Worry and care are two different things
Yes, things can go wrong
I’m sure at some point in your life, you’ve experienced worrying about a person, right? It’s not an unusual thing to do to think about what’ might happen to that certain someone when you’re not around. Things can go awry – as ‘Murphy’s law’ endorses it. And there are times that we find ourselves thinking about all the bad things that can go wrong for the person we care about.
So does it mean that when you’re worried about a person, you care for him/her? Hmmm…
There are just some things that you cannot control. And we as human beings, certainly don’t like to be controlled, do we? When you keep on worrying about that person, he/she will just feel that you’re trying to control the situation he/she is in (or is going to be in) and so you’re meddling with his/her life. And oftentimes, it would seem to them that we’re trying to control them. It’s not going to build a healthy relationship.
It spells out one thing for them: “I don’t trust you”
Yup. When we worry about the people we care for, we make them feel that we don’t trust them because we try our best to control their every move. But in reality, it’s not about that.
In reality, worrying about another person spells out: “I don’t trust God”
Because, as my previous entry has already explained, God has claimed control of everything. He has ordained all our days, has ordained all things that has happened, that are happening and that will happen here on Earth.
Worrying about someone doesn’t mean you care. It just means that you don’t trust God enough to just take comfort in His protection and plans. You might not know it, but God loves that other person much more than you do.
ouch sean…just yesterday that i was thinking of these two words….if its really wrong to worry for someone and all i know is that i just care…but the bottomline is, your right….GOd is in control of everything…just in time that you posted this and my prayers were answered…thanks 🙂
Praise God for the timing =)
I'm glad you read this on time. It's my pleasure to share this with you Kath!
great sean! super thanks! 🙂 don't worry lang talaga dapat and just trust Him 🙂
Praise God =)
Yeah. We should. It's extremely hard at times but we should.
like like like :)) WOW SEANPIE -______-
I LOVE THIS ONE SOOOOO MUCH. -_____-
i needed this. -____-
again, i learned something from you.
i miss reading your articles. 🙁
magmamarathon ako =))
gonna read read read your articles lang 😀
hehehe. 🙂
thanks seanpie!!!! m/
Haha hey Dani!
I'm glad you stumbled upon this article when you needed it.
And I miss reading your comments!
Thank you Dani! And thanks so much for cheering me up =)
great sean! super thanks! 🙂 don’t worry lang talaga dapat and just trust Him 🙂
Haha hey Dani!
I’m glad you stumbled upon this article when you needed it.
And I miss reading your comments!
Thank you Dani! And thanks so much for cheering me up =)
thanks shoti. . . we do have to constantly read this to be reminded by it. . like i just did now.. GOD bless 🙂
Yeah.
Even I need to be reminded of it
God bless atchi
I love how you word things. God has really given you a gift for explaining things. I always thought “worrying” meant one cared. But I now see it differently…worrying is a lack of faith in God. I am now challenged to stop the worrying and just let God do His work!
Thank you!
Hey Niza!
Thank you for your encouragement 🙂 Praise God! Yep it’s His gift and I intend to use it in glorifying Him and sharing His love to other people such as yourself. And yeah… Worry and faith is mutually exclusive of each other. They cannot co-exist. God bless you Niza!
I totally agree…it’s amazing how God works in our lives. God’s in control of everything, we just have to trust Him. God bless… 🙂
Yeah 🙂 it’s so hard to trust God at times though. Trust has to be 100% all the time. And sometimes the thing we hold on to the most make us want to be in control. In consequence, we trust Him less
Can cant help myself to worry a lot for this special someone and it is really painful. I tried to search the web for remedy and i found this site. It is really helpful. Tnx