My problems, issues, and concerns, beg for attention. As I dwell on a small concern, it grows into an major problem. I drive myself into frenzy, wanting to control circumstances out of my hands. My mind wraps around the issue, blocking out other thoughts, including prayers. Focusing on God gives my mind a break from problems.
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 is, “For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.” (Holy Bible, New Living Translation, 1996, 2004, 2007)  Things I fret over are nothing, when compared to eternal life and what awaits me there.
Most of my problems are small and overthinking makes them worse. Sometimes I obsess over an unpleasant task I want to avoid.  I waste so much time imagining extreme outcomes, which is time I could use to complete the job. I have problems that are major, and I believe I am not the only person facing difficulties. I cannot solve these problems using my power, no matter how hard I try. I must pray, asking God for guidance to the best option I can take. When I think to process these problems, I focus on the negative. God guides me to practical solutions. If nothing else, His solutions are a way for me to cope with a situation I cannot change.

Sometimes, God works unpleasant circumstances out to where I don’t have to lift a finger. Other times I have to accept a difficult situation as God’s will and pray for strength to cope. There have been times when after I accepted a difficulty, it reversed in an unexpected way and I was blessed. God is much more powerful than I am, and works in ways I cannot imagine. Overthinking problems stressed me, guiding me to food instead of solutions. God solves my problems and keeps me from stressed eating.