Fret Not!

 Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb.

Psalm 37:1-2 (ESV)
 
“Fret not” sounds easy, but applies hard. So often, evil gets most of our thought time. Usually, we stress out over what others are doing or saying. It is as if we think that our continual thinking about them will change them and what they are about. Fretting about someone doing wrong has never changed the person doing wrong.
 
The idea of fretting here could be comparable to sandpaper and wood. If I was to take sandpaper and rub it on a piece of wood until it is gone, it would be a laborious and worthless act. Fretting gives us the same work and the same results. In this strange way, the evil doers ruin our lives when they attack us and when they are not even around us because of our constant "fretting."
 
Evildoers need God's intervention, and the best thing we can do is pray for them and entrust our lives to God.