WorrySlayer

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?"
~ Matthew 6:25

First of all, I am sorry it has taken me so long to get up a new blog! These past couple weeks have just been crazy hectic and I haven't had a lot of time to write. I've been worried about finances, laundry, grades, homework...and Greek.

It's funny, I had this verse written down a long time time ago but found one that I "liked" a little better that I really wanted to write on. I was flipping through my notebook and found this one, and it really hit me.

I am a chronic worrier. There is always something that I'm worried about. It is so easy to let the things of this world pile up around my feet.

Christ said, "do not worry about your life." That's a hard commandment to follow. And "do not worry about your body" wow, tough order.

Jesus specifically mentions what we will eat, drink, and wear. I've listened to my mom fuss over what we will eat and I've worried about what I will wear. I think it's normal and "perfectly" human to worry about these things.

The passage goes on to say that the Father provides food for the birds and they don't farm or work, they don't try to store things up for later. Jesus said in verse 26: "Are you not more valuable than they?" God will provide food for us to eat because He loves us.

After that He talks about the lilies of the field and how the Father has clothed the fields. He says that not even King Solomon had garments like the fields. If God will clothe the fields we need to be confident that He will also clothe us.

We do not need to worry because God will provide for us. We are inclined to worry, but we need to be WorrySlayers.