Don't be anxious

As I write this, I'm preparing for a quick trip to NYC tomorrow for a one day technology conference at NYU. It's a conference geared towards technology start-ups, of which I fit in nicely. I'm a little anxious, as I'm hoping to meet some folks that could possibly help me in my long term business goals, but mostly because it's a day that I will not be able working getting the new BlackBerry version of PrayerSteward up and running.

But then I read my daily devotion (for those interested I use Portals of Prayer from Concordia Publishing House) and there it was, in black and white - God's words in the Bible - "[cast] all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you" (1 Peter 5:7). I need not be anxious about my trip because God cares for me and He constantly tells me this in the Bible. How sad for those that don't take the opportunity to read the Bible and see what a great gift we have been given. There is no need to worry or be anxious.

My mom has told me numerous times about a quote my grandmother always used to tell her. She used to say "God only gives you what you can handle". How true this is, even if at the time we don't think that we can handle it. If we put our faith in Him, we see that we can handle what is thrown at us daily. My wife and I have a small dry erase board inside our medicine cabinet and we exchange little inspirational messages back and forth. Recently she wrote that exact quote to me. Immediately I felt a sense of calm (I had been very stressed) and got a smile on my face as I pictured my grandmother in my head.

If we just take a minute or two each day, we all can have this sense of calm and maybe, just maybe, with that release of anxiety, the world may become a more peaceful place.

God Bless. I hope to post early tomorrow, but please excuse me if I don't due to my travels.