“Do not fret.” Do we, as moms, follow this? David uses the word fret three times and all three in one psalm, Psalm 37, verses 1, 7, and 8. The Hebrew word for fret means to glow or grow warm, to be angry, to kindle, to blaze up, to be hot, to be furious, to burn. Our English definition is tempered somewhat. In part, it means to feel or express worry, annoyance, or discontent, to agitate, torment, irritate, or vex, to wear away or consume by gnawing, friction, etc. Used as a noun, it means an agitated or irritated state …
