worry

therefore I tell you

do not worry about your life

oh, the number of times I have read this verse.

what you will eat or drink;

or about your body

what you will wear

why have i allowed worry to consume so many hours of my life? so many days? weeks?

is not life more important than food

and the body more important than clothes?

i need to trust.

look at the birds of the air

they do not sow or reap or store away in barns

and yet your heavenly Father feeds them

i need to fill my mind with those things that are good.

i need to not allow these worrisome thoughts to consume me.

are you not that much more valuable than they?

can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

i do know God loves. He provides. He comforts. He heals.

so what is the difference between worry and genuine concern

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* worry immobolizes

* concern moves you to action

God loves us more than anyone else does on this earth. why would I not trust Him with my life, my husband's life, my children's lives? 

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.    Romans 8:28