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New blog for a new year!

1/9/2019

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Dear Reader Friends,

This blog is for you and future readers. 

In a nutshell, over the past ten years, when Granny Weaver began her knitting circle, letters have poured in about...cares...distress...anxiety. At this blog, I'll be posting encouraging scripture, words of wisdom, testimonies (that hopefully you will send me) and much more. Today, I'd like to share about 1 Peter 5:7. 
In the Amplified Bible, it says:


"...casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].

I LOVE that! It tells me that God:

Listens to me for the billionth time! 
Wants to help carry ALL my anxieties & worries.
Is concerned about my concerns.
Cares! (Let that sink in. Mind boggling!)
Is Affectionate!
Watches over me...I'm the apple of His eye. (Psalm 17:8)

The other night, I felt restless. I just couldn't put my finger on it, but something was making me anxious. So, I try to practice what I preach in my books and sat in my comfy recliner to cast my cares on God. It went like this:

"Lord, I feel antsy. Is it the after Christmas letdown? Too much gluten? Lack of sunshine here in Pennsylvania?"

As I went on, I began to really unfold, get real. 

"Lord, I am anxious for my loved ones." I went on to tell him my fears for my four perfect grandchildren! ;) I will spare you all the details, but if you're like me, I want the values of Little House on the Prairie back. Thankfully, so do my adult children. (They believe the Amish helped form their world-view. Praise be!)

I don't want my grandchildren to live in such a fearful, crime-ridden, values-compromised world!

I sat for a while. I knew I nailed it. "Lord, I need to cast my grandkids on you. You care about them more than I do, which blows my mind! I LOVE my grosskinner!"

I could breathe easily again. Fears fled. Pressure lifted. 

And this is what casting off prayers are all about. I may need to do them throughout the day, as the need arises. I don't have to sit in my recliner. I can be driving. It's simply knowing God is good, getting honest with Him, and letting go. Trust him to:


"...perfect that which concerns me." Psalm 138:8 NKJV


I know I'm not alone in my concerns. Please post a comment or prayer request. We can form an online community of prayer...a holy space...to cast all our care upon God! 


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Lisa Bash
1/9/2019 01:11:00 pm

Thank you for this wonderful blog. It has come at a time in my life that I truly need it. God Bless you Karen.
PS, I LOVE the stories about Granny. It touched a special place in my heart.

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Karen
1/9/2019 02:12:22 pm

You're so welcome, Lisa. Do you want me to post a prayer request the Casting Prayer Room...yet to be created. Tomorrow hopefully.

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Laura Crain
1/9/2019 01:38:44 pm

I could use prayer.......lost my job on Friday and lost my insurance. What's next Lord?

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Karen
1/9/2019 02:09:43 pm

Laura! I'll pray first of all. Then I'll mention that where Tim works, they're hiring. Vandergrift.

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Dawn LaRoy
1/10/2019 12:34:04 am

I literally learn something NEW about this every day of my life! I have struggled with Depression and Anxiety most of my adult life. It isn’t always EASY to cast your cares upon the Lord, because His love For us is hard to comprehend fully. It’s amazing to me that I forget just how much HE loves and CARES for me and the same things I care about. Why would He when I am such a fallen creation? I’ve learned and continue to learn that in His view I am NOT fallen because I am redeemed by the blood of Jesus. God doesn’t see our failures! He sees OUR redeemed, true selves! Believe me I forget sometimes that I am blameless in His sight! I have to remind myself often that accusations come from SATAN, not my Father in Heaven! I can cast all my cares, wants, desires, hopes, dreams... on HIM because HE LOVES ME!!! Thank You for sharing Karen 😊

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Karen
1/10/2019 08:57:40 pm

Dawn, oh, how I miss you! You're so hard on yourself. None of us deserves God grace & love. Have you read Ann Voskamp's book, One-Thousand Gifts? Life changing.

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    ​Granny Weaver, a fictitious character in the Amish Knitting Circle Series, has whet the appetite of readers worldwide to cast their cares upon the Lord...because He cares! 
    Dear Reader Friends, this blog is for you! 
    Karen Anna Vogel


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