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  MAY 12. USELESS WORRIES
  by J.R. Miller
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"Who of you by worrying, can add a single cubit to his height?" Matthew
6:27

So it is useless to worry! A short person cannot, by any amount of
anxiety, make himself an inch taller. Why, therefore, should he waste
his energy and fret his life away — in wishing he were taller?

One worries because he is too short — another because he is too tall;
one because he too lean — another because he is too fat; one because
he has a lame foot — another because he has a mole on his face. No
amount of fretting will change any of these things!

People worry, too, over their circumstances. They are poor, and have to
work hard. They have troubles, losses, and disappointments which come
through causes entirely beyond their own control. They find difficulties
in their environment which they cannot surmount. There are hard
conditions in their lot which they cannot change.

Now why should they worry about these things? Will worrying make matters
any better? Will discontent . . . cure the blind eye, or remove the ugly
mole, or give health to the infirm body?

Will chafing make . . . the hard work, lighter; or the burdens, easier;
or the troubles, fewer?

Will anxiety . . . keep the winter away, or keep the storm from rising,
or put coal in the cellar, or put bread in the pantry, or get clothes
for the children?

Even human reason shows the uselessness of worrying, since it helps
nothing, and only wastes one\

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/jr-miller/may-12-useless-worries/
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