love like that ...: Brave Day #9: No worry

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Brave Day #9: No worry

I am pretty sure I use the phrase "no worries" multiple times a week if not a day. But I'm not sure why I cannot apply that to my life as readily! I worry about BIG things and little things ... I worry about things completely out of my control as well as things I can change. I remember a couple of weeks ago I was having one of those moments when worry was all out of control and Callie helped put it in perspective by saying, "Let's do this ... and deal with your future kids, and burying your parents, and where you're gonna retire another day!" Ahhhhh ... so thankful for friends with perspective! So thankful!

Worry says ... "God, I can't trust you." He's given us no reason to ever doubt His provision.

"If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

"Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes."

Matthew 6 (The Msg)

I kind of have a thing for wildflowers. Might be considered an obsession. All of the thoughts God does NOT waste on them, I spend oohing and ahhing over His creativity. Here are some from our Colorado vacation. This week, as I see flowers (I know, NOT prime flower weather, but ...) I am going to meditate on God's provision and rehearse His work in my life and choose NOT to worry!