Anxieties are a path to God

"Anxiety wants to be God but lacks God's wisdom, power or knowledge. . It is self on its own, it tries to get control. It is unable to relax in the face of chaos. Once one problem is solved, the next in line steps up. The new one looms so large, we forget the last deliverance.

"When you stop trying to control your life and instead allow your anxieties and problems to bring you to God in prayer, you shift from worry to watching. You watch God weave his patterns in the story of your life. Instead of trying to be out front, designing your life, you realize you are inside God's drma. As you wait, you begin to see him work, and your life begins to sparkly with wonder. You are learning to trust again."

The Praying Life - Paul Miller