07/28/2026
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Lord, Silence the What-ifs.
I love the quote by Mark Twain where he said: 'I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.' I resonate with that more than I'd like to admit. I've spent countless hours catastrophizing futures that never came to pass, losing sleep over disasters that remained imaginary.
What if this happens? What if that goes wrong? What if everything falls apart? And within minutes, I've lived through scenarios that haven't happened and likely never will. Meanwhile, what is actually true gets pushed to the back. God's promises. His faithfulness. His presence.
What-if says: everything could go wrong.
What is says: God's promises have been faithful before.
What-if says: disaster is coming. What is says: He's with me now.
What-if says: I won't be able to handle it.
What is says: His grace will be sufficient when I need it.
What-if thinking steals peace. It robs today's joy. It keeps me trapped in futures that will likely never happen. And the exhausting part is how convincing the what-ifs are. They feel like I'm just being prepared, a responsible parent, thinking ahead.
But I'm learning there's a difference between wisdom and anxiety. Wisdom plans. Anxiety spirals.
Jesus said, 'Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.' He wasn't dismissing planning, He was addressing the anxiety that steals today's peace by obsessing over tomorrow's problems.
Today, when the what-ifs start, I'm trying to interrupt them with what is. Replace speculation with God's truth. Anchor myself in His promises, not my fears.
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