HOW TO DEAL WITH ANXIETY - Anxiety About Money

 "After runaway inflation struck in our country, food became expensive and scarce," relates Paul, a husband and father of two. "We stood in lines for hours, but often the food ran out before we got to the front of the line. People got terrible thin from hunger, and some collapsed in the street. Prices for basic needs soared into the millions, then billions. Finally the local currency became valueless. I lost my bank account, insurance and pension." 

Paul was aware that, for his family to survive, he had to use "practical wisdom." (Proverbs 3:21) "I was an electrical contractor, but I took whatever work I could find, at much less than normal pay," he explains. "Some paid me in food or household goods. If I was paid four bars of soap, "I'd use two and sell the others. I eventually got 40 chicks. When they got big, I sold them and bought 300 more. Later I bartered 50 chickens for 110-pound (50 kg) bags of cornmeal. From those bags, I fed my family and several other families for a long time." 

Paul also knew that the most practical thing anyone can do is trust in God. When we do what God commands, he helps us. In regard to obtaining life's necessities, Jesus said: "Stop being in anxious suspense: for . . . your Father knows you need these things." - LUKE 12:29-31.

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