Last November, I got my first smart phone! (I know, I’m a very slow adopter of new technology plus I’m very frugal…) Although that was a few months ago, I’m still learning how to use all of its functions…One function that still puzzles me is the voice recognition function…I guess I could read the manual to figure this all out, but for some reason, I don’t particularly care to read manuals unless I need to refer to them to trouble shoot…

So on Thursday as I was on the road trying to get to various locations for my job as a reporter, I was feeling very stressed out…I was running behind schedule and I have to make a daily deadline so time is very important. I was grappling with traffic which can be horrendous in the metro Atlanta area. I mistakenly sent an e-mail to the wrong person, and it was a very important e-mail. I also needed to answer a lot of other important e-mail messages but couldn’t get to them because I was driving…None of this was a life or death matter, but I have found that sometimes the daily accumulation of a lot of little things can have you feeling more anxious than the huge things that can happen…When something really bad happens, it is almost easier to cope with that because there is nothing else to do…But when a whole lot of minor to somewhat important things are vying for our attention, it’s hard to know what to tackle first…

So I decided to confess Scriptures to get my right…I said out loud as I was driving…

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

But I couldn’t remember exact verse numbers…I knew it was Philippians Chapter 4 but that was all I could remember…So while I was driving I picked up my cell phone and spoke the first few words of the verse into my cell phone…I waited until I got to the next traffic light to look down and see what happened…My cell phone told me the verse numbers of the verses I said…Verses 6-7…I was then able to quote the verses and where they came from and confess that I was going to go through the rest of the day without anxiety…And it worked…And I got everything done in the time frame I had, the e-mail mishap worked out and I returned all of the other e-mail messages that I need to answer as well…

FYI: A cell phone is a also good prop when you’re driving and you want to pray out loud, but you don’t want folk in the other cars to think you’re crazy…Pull that cell phone out and act like you have God on speaker phone…LOL…

Jesus is on the mainline…Call Him up and tell him what you want!!!

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