obedience

No Anxiety Allowed…applied?

/ Jared Waipouri

So what does “no anxiety allowed” look like? Does it look like never being thoughtful, never planning, never considering safety signs? If it does, surely there will be a lot of people who will not even consider it possible, much less attainable for the responsible adult. What if it’s not quite that extreme? Though we’ll end up trying the extremes along the way, what if it’s a personal sweet spot somewhere between being useless because of worry, and being careless in an effort to avoid worry?

The no anxiety life is the life of being free of the worries which cannot achieve actual results. It is the life where concern is allowed, but not permitted to grow into oppressive weight.

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NO Anxiety Allowed

/ Jared Waipouri

Originally drafted early December 2015

The other day I had an inspired moment, and these words, “no anxiety allowed,” formed the last part of a brief passage I had been writing regarding some lifestyle growth.

Anxiety is, by and large, an important and loud voice in western society’s way of life. Games of the “what-ifs” make up decision-making processes in personal lives, families, schools, business and politics. A large proportion would struggle to know what to do about a decision if it weren’t for the “what-ifs.” Continue reading →

A view of missions.

/ Jared Waipouri

 

This was originally written in late 2013 after 6 months living in a developing nation context.

Every christian has a view of missions, and how best to introduce and advance the Kingdom of God where they are. But what if some of us have been looking at it with a wrong view of finance? Could it be that we’ve spent our funds in the wrong way and limited some of the growth of the Kingdom where we are? It is suggested that simply purchasing food from local suppliers can improve a nation’s economic independence. Continue reading →