Anxiety, a sin? (part two)

Well! I am so surprised how many answers I got from posting this question! I posted it on my facebook and recieved answers via facebook. I wanted to share some of what I found :)

"Although Jesus was agonizing in the garden over the pain that He knew was coming and the separation He would experience from the Father, He still obeyed God's will for His life. It showed His human side, one that is able to relate to the struggles that we go through. Anxiety in itself is not a sin, it is something we in our human flesh will experience perhaps a lot of over the course of a lifetime. However, it's what we DO with that anxiety. Do we ask for God's help in dealing with it, or do we allow it to take over our lives to the point that it eats us up and affects others around us? Temptation will always be in front of us as humans, but even temptation in itself is not a sin-giving birth to it is. Although Christ agonized over God's upcoming plan for Him, He ultimately obeyed God and followed His will. it is a great example showing us, as believers, how to go before the Lord and present our requests, yet reminding ourselves to follow His example of obedience. God gives us different emotions that we will experience-(Thank goodness or we'd all be a bunch of robots!), but we need to get REAL with Him and allow Him to work through each one so they do not cause us to stumble."

-Kristen Graham

"Anxiety, fear, love, hate, and all the other emotions are part of God's design of the human. They are neither good or bad, They are intended to cause you to do someting in response to relieve the stress. This can save your life, or kill you, depending on your choices. The worse thing is to get paralyzed by the emotions so that you don't do anything. A soldier in combat has to do his job well even though he is terrified. God wants us to take all of our feelings to him and say, "Please fix it, Daddy," Then he will give us the power to make wise choices and the faith to trust his judgment."

-Paul Amos