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why do we worry this is a question that
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asked myself three years ago and I was
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sitting in the car with my mom and after
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I had gone through a long period of
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anxiety and panic attacks I had this
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sudden realization of why do we worry if
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we truly believe that God has everything
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in the palm of his hand and he's working
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everything out for the benefit of us and
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for the benefit of others then why do we
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let our mind be so consumed with fears
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and doubts and insecurities and this
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just baffled me because I never thought
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about it like that before and my mind
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with my mind was so set on this narrow
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minded path and I was just so stuck in
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my ways I couldn't i forgot that God had
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everything in controlling them when that
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came to me I was like what in the world
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how did I forget about that so during
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this time in sixth grade when I had gone
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through a huge period of anxiety and
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panic disorders I went to one of my many
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therapy appointments during this time
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and the therapist asked me to draw a
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picture of how it felt and so I drew a
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picture of a beautiful red rose that was
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in this black box and at the top of the
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box was a crock and through the crack
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was a hint of life leading on to the
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rose and so I explained to her and I
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said the Rose is neat and the rose is so
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beautiful and has so much potential but
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it's confined by this black box and
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those black bot that black box was my
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fears that were confining me and just
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overtaking me and at the top with the
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life I was bleeding through the light
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was God and I knew that God was out
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there and I knew that God was just
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trying to get me and just trying to help
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me and just trying to pull me out of the
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misery that I was feeling during this
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time but I just did not know how to find
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him I just didn't know how to get him
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and I was sitting there and I was just
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trying during this time I was just
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trying so hard to just pound these four
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walls down by myself and nothing seemed
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to be working and it was so frustrating
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for me because no matter how many books
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I read and no man no matter how many
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therapists I saw I still left feeling
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empty and left feeling this anxiety that
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we just weighed so heavily on my heart
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and so months later God just set me free
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from this because I laid all of my fears
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down before his feet and I just told him
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to do whatever he wanted with my life
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because what I was doing was definitely
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not working so I just gave him that full
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control and from then he just grew me
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and he was just breaking down that black
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box that was confining me and he was
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breaking down those fears and and he has
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filled me he replaced all those holes
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that were left inside of me and he
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replaced him with joy and with
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contentment and he just replaced it with
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all these wonderful qualities that just
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made me feel at peace and let me be able
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to be still in his presence and
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understand that he's God and I have no
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need to worry then and so now that I'm
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in this time in my life and years later
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and I'm in high school and anxiety is
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starting to come back and the devil is
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trying to feed me with these lies and
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he's trying to tell me that I'm not good
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enough or that I need to worry about
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this and this and this and what about my
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future what about my husband or we know
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whatever and he's just been trying to
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instill all these lies inside of me and
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for a good period of time I was
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believing him and I was believing those
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lies as letting those lies control my
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thoughts in my mind and I think that's
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where a lot of us are I think we allow
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ourselves to be consumed with these
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fears and we think that we have no
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control over them but I am here to tell
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you some good news God has already set
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you free from all of that and this may
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sound super religious but when he died
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on the cross he just said his free from
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all of that all those fears are just
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gone he he's carrying that burden forest
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so we don't have to carry it anymore and
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I don't think we understand that
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God has everything in in your life
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whether you believe in God or not he has
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your life in the palm of his hand and he
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was working everything out for the
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benefit of you and for the benefit of
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others and he sees everything in your
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future he sees everything in your path
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he sees everything that you're doing
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right now and he understands it better
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than you understand it yourself and he's
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just working it all out and he's got it
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under control and he sees us worrying
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and running around like chickens
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freaking out because this happened or
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this happened or old what about my
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future I'm worrying about this and he's
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just like dude you need to calm down I
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have everything under control and this
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just baffled me it's still baffling me
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because I have i continued to let fear
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control my life so many times and it
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just God's peace just runs over me again
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and I'm like oh wait he's got it under
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control so I just want to share that
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with you guys and just give you guys
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that good news and let you know that you
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are already set free from all that so
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you don't have to worry about it anymore
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so take ask God to put a mirror in front
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of you and to show you ever insecurity
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and fear and doubt that's been consuming
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your mind and that has created a wall
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between you and God and you and that
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perfect life that God wants you to live
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and ask him to break down those walls
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and ask him to replace all the stuff
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that was filling your heart before like
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the anxiety and the fear and replace it
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with joy replace it with peace and
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replace it with just as everlasting love
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and then you will be able to be a world
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changer because you cannot be a world
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changer to your fullest potential if
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you're consumed with fear in worries and
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insecurities is only when you let go of
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that stuff that he can use you in other
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people's lives to change the world so I
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just want to get that out there for you
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guys and I love you all I hope you're
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all having a wonderful day and keep
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going and be a world changer bye guys