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Welcome to Day 1394 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to WisdomPeace or Worry – Meditation MondayWisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1394 of our Trek, and it is time for Meditation Monday. Taking time to relax, refocus, and reprioritize our lives is crucial in order to create a living legacy. For you, it may just be time alone for quiet reflection. You may utilize structured meditation practices. In my life, Meditation includes reading and reflecting on God’s Word and in prayer. It is a time to renew my mind, refocus on what is most important, and making sure that I am nurturing my soul, mind, and body. As you come along with me on our trek each Meditation Monday, it is my hope and prayer that you, too, will experience a time for reflection and renewing of your mind.


 Although we do have a choice, it sometimes is difficult for all of us to put into practice. Today let us meditate on:


Peace or WorryThere’s a verse in the New Testament 1 Peter 5:7 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+5%3A7&version=NLT) that says, “Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.” 


I like the imagery of taking the things that I’m worried about and throwing them or cast them upon God. That’s what the word “give all” means in the original language. Peter is telling his readers to throw their worries upon God and let Him take care of them.


Here is a suggestion that I read about that may help when worries and cares start to overwhelm you. Use this mental exercise to try and deal with the stress in your life. When something comes into your mind or heart that you are worried about, try to imagine something that represents that concern. If you are worried about your health, you might think of a hospital or a bottle of pills. If it’s a financial problem, picture a stack of money. It doesn’t really matter what you choose, as long as it is something that you can visualize. Visualization can be a potent tool. Next, take that symbol of worry and imagine that you are placing it in a burlap sack. Then proceed to close the sack, whirl it a few times in my mind, then toss it to God. Visualize yourself, casting that anxiety on him.


It may sound silly, but I find that the visualization process helps me do what I need to do: stop worrying and trust that God will handle my problems. The apostle Paul wrote in Philippians 4:6-7 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+4%3A6--7&version=NLT) : Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.


 If you can learn to turn your worries over to God, he will give you His peace — that divine peace that defies all logic. You must decide to give your worries and cares to God. Share your worries and cares through prayer, and thank Him for handling them. In return, He will provide you with peace. I don’t know about you, but I much prefer peace to worry!


So next time something is weighing on your mind, try the mental exercise I described. Combine that with prayer and thanksgiving. You very well may find that God takes your worry away and gives you his peace to replace it. Let us meditate on this practice today and every day.


That is a wrap for today’s Meditation, next week; we will continue our...