“Lamb of God you take away the sins of the world, have mercy
on us. Lamb of God you take away the
sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.”
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I was sitting in adoration last week and I was freaking
out. I was really stressed out about
school and I was worrying about my future (yet another habit I have). So, I was sitting there in the presence of
Jesus Christ and panicking. It occurred
to me that I should take my own advice and lay all my worries at the feet of
Jesus. I decided to write a list of all
the fears and worries I have. After
writing a rather extensive list and looking at all my worries on paper I
realized how completely ridiculous they were.
A sense of peace washed over me.
I am by no means saying that I was cured of my tendency to worry(I have
a huge test on Monday). What I am saying
is that making the list reminded me that my worries are silly, truly
inconsequential, and that more importantly, Jesus is the Prince of Peace.
In Romans 8:6 it says, “For to set the mind on flesh is
death, but to set the mind on the spirit is life and peace.” We live in such a
fast paced world; it seems that as soon
as one worry passes another pops up. Our
problem is what we are worrying about. I
am often consumed with financial worries, school worries, career worries,
relationship (or lack there of) worries, and the list goes on and on. These are of the flesh. These lead to death.
If I was to truly set my mind on the Spirit, on Jesus, on the
Father I would find my life, I would find my peace. I mean think about it. Jesus Christ son of the living God came to
Earth as a baby grew up into a man and then sacrificed his life for us only to
rise from the dead and guarantee us eternal life if we take up our cross and
follow him. Why am I worried about an
Econ test? This life is a blink of an
eye in the eternity that I have awaiting me.
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