I’m the proverbial
worrywart! “What if’s” can plague
me on a plethora of subjects. Maybe it’s
because I overthink situations, circumstances, changes or maybe it’s because I
don’t let myself be informed enough with the TRUTH. Maybe a bit of both!
There are several situations and changes that have come up
in recent days. A health issue that needs
to be checked out, a new promotion for my husband, more responsibilities in
volunteer organizations and the demands of life as a homeschooling mom.
It’s amazing when life seems overwhelming that God speaks to
us through His word even more. Even when
circumstances don’t change, God is still with us and taking care of us. I’ve
been reminded so much lately of His care as scriptures come to me.
“Fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed,
For I am your God.
I will strengthen you, yes, I
will help you,
I will uphold you with My
righteous right hand.”
Isaiah 41:10
“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? 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?
“And why do you worry about
clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet
I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of
these. 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? So do not worry, saying, ‘What
shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these
things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But
seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be
given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Matthew
6:25-34
For
I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah
29:11
“And
He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect
in weakness.’ Therefore most gladly
therefore, I would rather boast about my weaknesses that the power of Christ
may dwell in me.”
2
Corinthians 12:9