Is worry ever a good thing? I mean this as a genuine question, rather than a rhetorical one because I don't know. When I get worried it's usually over one specific thing for a long time. Which I suppose is not healthy as it gives you a permanent-heavy-load-in-your-stomach feeling and in every undisturbed moment you can't help but think about this one thing on your mind. But does this just show you care about things? That you have things in life that are worth worrying about? If it's worry over 'more real' events, like the well-being of your friends/family as opposed to 'what if I get run over by a car tomorrow', is this better?
Do worry and faith contradict each other? If you are worried about a situation does this mean you don't trust that God's got it all planned? And if you pray about that situation yet still have that horrible gut-plunging worry feeling, is that wrong? Worry is a normal human feeling. It's different to being scared and to being sad.
I don't know.
