Has the Pandemic increased worry??? Yes!
Even among Christians? Yes!
Should it? No!
Even when things seem in chaos, God is still in
control. In fact, He knows each one of our needs before we do!
Matthew 6:25-34 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.
God is with us in our worry. We can give it over to Him because He
already knows what we need, how best to provide for it, and what the end result
will be. I can’t change anything by worrying, except decrease my own mental
health and increase my stress! I can ask God for wisdom on how to face the worrisome
situation and then listen for His guidance. He’s with me and has the best solution!
Alice
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