"Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
"So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
"Therefore do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?' or "What shall we drink?' or "What shall we wear?'
For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things". Matthew 6: 25-34
The Lord put this scripture on my heart these last couple of days.
I have been really anxious about different things in my life. Little things like making sure I have what I need to go on my trip, to lifetime things like will I ever get married?
I found that I was becoming a worry-wort!
Always thinking about what was coming (or lack there of). So much so that I was finding it hard to just rest in Jesus, and letting Him take care of tomorrow.
Sisters, it is very easy to get bound up in our issues and worries. But if we can learn to turn all our plans, our problems and the like over to Jesus do you know how much freer we will be?!
Let us not worry what tomorrow brings, but let us focus on rest fully on the Lord!
picture taken by myself
4 comments:
Thanks for the encouragement.
your post is beautiful! What helps me the most when I get anxious is to know that I am valuable to God; He wants me to pour out my heart to Him always. He is the cornerstone to the discipline of thanking Him that He will perfect that which concerns me.
What an encouraging post, dear friend! I feel so blessed and thankful to have a Savior, Who loves you and me SO much! :)
Have a blessed Lord's Day!
Your Sister In Christ,
Jenna
Hi Laura!
Beautiful post! I have been pondering the same things recently. Thanks for posting!
Love your blog! I think that is so wonderful that you are studying to be a doula, and an aromatherapist. I love aromatherapy. =) I'm planning on studying Naturopathy in the future, and am really looking forward to it.
It's so encouraging to find like-minded brothers and sisters in Christ!
Blessings!
Nicole
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