Over the past few years I have slowly but surely become a worryer. I worry about stupid things, but one of the major ones is mine and Steven's future. Will we ever be able to afford anything more than bills and food? When will I be able to go shopping and buy more than 1 top? As cliche as this sounds, once you get in the real world you learn to appreciate every little thing your parents did for you.
For those of you who have not seen mine and Steven's house here is the deal: It is a great house, pretty on the outside, and has lots of potential. However, it still needs some cosmetic work. I am always wondering when we will be able to afford to update the kitchen, get a new stove, or have someone paint the cedar plank walls in the den (very $$$$).
Recently, we have many little problems- fan quit working, disposal won't work... So on top of wanting my kitchen/den updated, we have the expenses of a new fan and disposal. Needless to say, I have been frustrated!
Last night I decided to pick up my Bible and read a little. I opened up Matthew and after a few minutes this was in front of me:
25 “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 than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 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. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[e]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. - MATTHEW 6: 25-34
I don't think he could have made it any more clear!
~Masey
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