EXCERPTS FROM MAMA'S TALK TO JUAN ABOUT WORRYING                  12/84
--Maria Letter No.30

         1. YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, BECAUSE AS DAD SAYS, "MOST OF YOUR TROUBLES NEVER HAPPEN, MOST OF THE THINGS YOU WORRY ABOUT NEVER COME TO PASS!" You really need to make an effort to stop worrying about all the things that you don't need to worry about! If you're going to worry, then just worry about the things that are real concerns! But you really shouldn't even worry about them, you should just be concerned about them enough to do something about them, OK? Please try your best to stop worrying because if you don't you're going to be a nervous wreck & you're going to get ulcers! Have you had ulcers before? (Juan: Yes, I've had them before.) Well, then you'd better stop worrying or they may return.
         2. OF COURSE EVERYBODY WORRIES A BIT, BUT SOME PEOPLE WORRY A LOT MORE THAN OTHERS & you seem to be one of them, so you really need to try to stop. I know that's easier said than done, but you've got to try! Maybe it will help you if I make it an order! I command you to stop worrying! You can only worry about things if you have my permission, okay? You've got to get permission for whatever you want to worry about, you put it in writing & ask me if you can worry about it, all right? You promise? You've got to tell me about anything you're worrying about & I'll tell you whether you can worry about it or not. I'll tell you why you either should worry about it or you shouldn't worry about it. Is that a deal? (Juan: Yes, yes!) All right, that's a deal! But don't wait until after you've worried a long time about it, you need to tell me about it right when you start worrying, okay? Of course I'll probably tell you that you don't need to worry about anything, because the Lord keeps us & if you'll just trust Him & you'll yield to Him & have real faith that He's in control, then you don't have anything to worry about!

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