Where pain finds Hope
  • Home
  • Chronic Pain and Illness
  • Emotional pain and Loss
  • Our Ultimate Hope
  • Devotional
  • About

Emotional pain and Loss

Is it Worry or is it Concern?

2/16/2018

Comments

 
Picture
Matthew 6:34 - Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
There are people lately who say that I worry too much. I’m always fretting about something. But what if I’m just concerned about a matter? What’s the difference?
 
Concern is more positive than worry. Concern focuses on something that might happen and is focused on wanting to solve the problem. Concern will cause you to investigate and look for a way to complete a task.
 
Worry can be more negative than concern.  It is fretting about the future. Worry doesn’t benefit the one constantly thinking that nothing good can come out of the situation, while concern will take the steps necessary to find a solution.
 
Worry – What am I going to do?
Concern – Let’s see how we can solve the problem.
 
Worry - Focusing on the problem.
Concern - Focusing on the solution.
Worry – Paralyzes the person and they don’t move.
Concern – Let’s get moving. There’s always something we can do.
 
Barbraveling.com has an excellent article titled, “Worry vs. Concern:8 Characteristics of each.” It digs more deeply into the problem of moving yourself from worry to concern and shows some ways to conquer your worry.
 
Take a look also at the Bible verse above. It admonishes us to now worry about tomorrow. And it’s true tomorrow certainly will have much that can worry us, but let’s just focus on solving today’s concerns and turning our worries over to God.
Learn more
Picture
Comments

    Author

    Karen Dalske is a freelance writer, public speaker, is active in her church and writes her blogs out of her own experiences of pain, illness and loss.

    Archives

    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016

    Categories

    All
    Angry
    Anxiety
    Breathing
    Death
    Depression
    Dignity
    Direction
    Effects On The Body
    Envy
    Fear
    Freedom
    Happy
    Kindness
    Kinds Of Losses
    Mental Health
    Panic Attack
    Peace
    Pets
    Relationships
    Secrets
    Stress
    Suicide
    Thankful
    Thoughts

    RSS Feed

Picture

Home

Chronic pain
and illness

Emotional pain
and loss

Our Ultimate
​Hope

Devotional

About/
​Contact

  • Home
  • Chronic Pain and Illness
  • Emotional pain and Loss
  • Our Ultimate Hope
  • Devotional
  • About