7 Things We Cannot Control: How Control Affects Anxiety
John Lakvold
The Chinese have a saying: “If something is under your control, why worry about it? If something is not under your control, why worry about it?” Since the Garden of Eden, humans have attempted to control everything in their lives. We enjoy control over things to give us comfort. Unfortunately, control is temporary and fleeting. Anxiety creeps in as we try to regain control of things that are impossible to sustain. The question becomes what things we can control and what things are out of our control. We cannot control God First, we cannot control God. There is only one God, and we are not Him. God encourages us to...
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