A shrink thinks: Is it a sin to be anxious?
Jesus declared ‘Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on’ (Matthew 6:25) and Paul similarly stated ‘Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known to God’ (Philippians 4:6). So that is clear then. It is a sin to be anxious. Well, not quite. Let us think what we mean by anxiety. Anxiety is a mild form of fear. It is the normal mental and ph
