Our senior
pastor, Brian, has been on vacation for a while and last week, July 29th,
Randy gave the sermon. He spoke on the
subject of worry. I know this is
something that most people deal with, myself included. What I loved about this sermon was that he talked about what to do with your worry.
In a world
full of people telling you deal with your problems yourself one can quickly
forget to ask God for help.
1 Peter 5:7
says
“Casting all
your cares on Him, because He cares for you.”
I love the
visual this gives. To cast your problems
to God, go ahead throw them at Him. He
can handle it. How often do you do that?
Weekly, daily, here it’s sometimes hourly.
It is easy to
worry when the thing you are thinking about has already happened once or
twice. In November of 2006, we went
through the experience of a miscarriage.
That was one of the most difficult, trying times of our life. Then in the spring of 2007 we became pregnant
again. Oh my, the worry set in
instantly. I was still a young Christian
at that time, not really sure how to handle the worry and anxiety that was
running wild through my veins. I turned
to our senior pastor who quickly sent me this passage in Matthew 6: 25-27
“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? 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 that they? Who
of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”
I have since
learned to give my problems to God. Keep
in mind though that I don’t just sit back and wait for Him to automatically
change the problem or situation. I’m
learning to listen for His prompts, His whispers.
There will
always be things to worry about but remember God is for all eternity!
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