{"id":12942,"date":"2014-06-05T20:20:02","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T01:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/?p=12942"},"modified":"2015-01-10T20:32:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T01:32:54","slug":"at-the-register-worry-and-other-unappealing-temptations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2014\/06\/05\/at-the-register-worry-and-other-unappealing-temptations\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Register: Worry, and Other Unappealing Temptations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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PIC snake eating itself<\/p>\n

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When we are tempted to fall into chronic worry, free-falling anxiety, brooding, endless guilt, and despair, we are falling for a lie. We are turning our hearts over to a false lover, an abuser who wants to control us and make us whimper, make us pay.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are things to worry about. There are reasons to fear, reasons to dread. These things are true, and there\u2019s no point in telling myself, \u201cThere is nothing to be upset about.\u201d\u00a0 There is plenty to be upset about, and there always will be, as long as the earth keeps rolling its tired way around the tired old sun.<\/p>\n

But it is not the only truth. It is not the final truth. The final truth is that, after the tired old sun sets for the final time, there will be darkness for a time, and then there will be a sun that rises and never sets, never stops warming us, never stops bringing us light, and light, and more and more light. There is a lover who sees everything that we are and wants to hold us forever in His arms, never wounding, never chiding, never turning us away to spend our nights in agony and alone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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