This Scripture greeted me this day-
"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clohtes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?"
Matthew 6:25-30
Matthew 6:25-30
Often I end that post, sadly, to question His provision, asking "Will I like how He chooses to provide?"
Surely we're not to worry about food
sadly my heart responds more like this....
".....but can we please have organic, pastured meat/eggs and pesticide free produce? And can I have the milk delivered to my doorstep? And can I just go grocery shopping without my 3 kids in tow? And will they behave while I try to prepare a great family meal?"
Surely I'm not to worry about my body.
sadly my heart responds more like this.....
"...but when I can't run because of plantar fascitis its really frustrating. I have loved my dance class, why can't I find time to schedule it in? I really want to not change clothing sizes so exercise has to fit in somewhere. I know I'm getting older, but really?"
Surely I'm not to worry about my clothes.
sadly my heart responds more like this....
".....but can't I have a new pair of citizens? Can't I just overspend this month- and it will be worth it the next? Ugh I wish I looked as cute as _________"
Lord I confess my divided heart.
Change me and my responses.
Thank you for your grace!
Amen.
Surely we're not to worry about food
sadly my heart responds more like this....
".....but can we please have organic, pastured meat/eggs and pesticide free produce? And can I have the milk delivered to my doorstep? And can I just go grocery shopping without my 3 kids in tow? And will they behave while I try to prepare a great family meal?"
Surely I'm not to worry about my body.
sadly my heart responds more like this.....
"...but when I can't run because of plantar fascitis its really frustrating. I have loved my dance class, why can't I find time to schedule it in? I really want to not change clothing sizes so exercise has to fit in somewhere. I know I'm getting older, but really?"
Surely I'm not to worry about my clothes.
sadly my heart responds more like this....
".....but can't I have a new pair of citizens? Can't I just overspend this month- and it will be worth it the next? Ugh I wish I looked as cute as _________"
Lord I confess my divided heart.
Change me and my responses.
Thank you for your grace!
Amen.
5 comments:
Thanks for being real and sharing your heart! Love you dearly! I need to see how yucky my heart is responding and how I'm justifying it! Yuck!
I love this post - yay for you blogging so frequently!
great post, mary...thanks for the timely reminders!
Wonderful post, I have been struggling with many of these also recently..:( Thankful his mercies are new everyday!
A friend just sent me this quote - "Spend time reading and receiving the Truth every morning, because the world will only lie to you the rest of the day." I am shamed at how easily I hear and believe the lies that I'm told (and that I tell myself) about what I deserve, how I should live and what I should look like. Yay for you putting TRUTH into your mind every morning! Thanks for your honesty. :)
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