“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

Wha-da-ya-wanna watch tonight? Every night about 9pm, the question is asked by one of us. The day is done and we have a habit of sitting beside each other to watch a TV show before we go to bed. Having just signed up for a live TV service, the menu scrolled… leaving us stumped and overwhelmed! With world events happening quickly now with Israel, we picked a news channel!

Overwhelmed is not really a strong enough word. I logged a couple story leads into my brain, and later looked them up on my phone app to quickly verify them from another source. There, I found even MORE information that left me, not only overwhelmed… but SHOCKED! On top of the war in Israel, two different sources from the founders of AI said that soon… AI could take over the world!

Danger, concern, angst, wonder and worry seemed to pile in on my brain to a point where I just could not put all the pieces together. No human could make sense of it. It seemed like a battle was forming up from every side. Having lived with ‘overwhelming’ many times, I knew that the very next emotion to barge in, unless I ‘got a grip,’ was panic! So I closed my eyes… and talked to Jesus.

Diane is a Church friend who was heading on a long planned tour to Israel with her daughters… 2 days AFTER Israel was attacked. I’ve talked to her a couple times since, and she too was sadly overwhelmed. I’m thankful it was 2 days before and not 2 days AFTER! With new reports and concerns piling up hourly, I HAD to bow my head and humbly ask Jesus, “What do I do NOW?”

Looking up a Bible reference online, I saw a heading that pointed to some words… ‘Hold tight!’ Having recalled a verse to that end, I typed them into my browser, adding ‘Bible Verses.’ Comparing verses, translations and versions… today’s verse is what I got! And it’s PERFECT! So I’m passing it on. Because we don’t live in the past or future, we live NOW. Good WORDS Jesus!

Are YOU tempted to panic? Are YOU a wonderer or worrier? Jesus is giving words of comfort, along with instructions for our spirit, eyes, hands, mind and heart! Are you trusting Him and doing what He says?  WHATDAYOUGONNADO?