Father Snort

Brad Sullivan Proper 24, Year C October 16, 2016 Emmanuel, Houston 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8 Catastrophizing Our Lives. Trusting In God. Does anyone else ever find themselves catastrophizing their lives? Imagining the worse scenario happening, maybe even what would you do if? I thought it was pretty uncommon, maybe even that I was the only one who did that, but I find more and more that catastrophizing our lives is actually quite common. We’re afraid of things, and our brains seem to like to try to prepare us for possible tragedy by playing out our fears. It doesn’t actually help, but our brains sometimes just don’t get that. When we’re afraid, we often live into our fears, and we can’t really spread that much love and joy and hope when we’re catastrophizing our lives. In the midst of our worries and fears, Jesus said, “Do not be afraid.” “Do not worry.” “Do not l