matthew 6.

it is one of those passages that i return to over and over. see, i am a quintessential worrier. i worry about so many things. it has been known to keep me up at night... and lately it certainly has. i am praying the Lord will work it out of me. He steadily is by showing me that He always works things out. He always gets me through, time and again, and then the next issue comes along and i panic again. He is probably shaking His head. and even if circumstances are not worked out, He still takes care of me... and you.

so... today and tomorrow and until graduation and probably throughout the summer i will have to return to these verses. in the NASB, this section is entitled "the cure for anxiety." perfect.

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other You cannot serve God and wealth.

²⁵"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

²⁶"Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

²⁷"And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?

²⁸"And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

²⁹yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

³⁰"But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith!

³¹"Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?'

³²"For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

³³"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

³⁴"So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

- Matthew 6:24-34