I was worried about money issues yesterday and got upset, over-analyzed things like I do. We had *just* enough to pay what was necessary but groceries were going to be tight again... Saturday when I got the mail another check came, one we knew was coming, but not when it would arrive. And I was rebuked and had to apologize to my husband for the previous day. It was as if God was telling me how foolish I was to get so upset, and worried... When it was all in His hands. I can scrimp and be careful, and budget, and be as frugal as I can and that is good as a wife, but when money gets in the way of relationships it is not a good thing, and when I worry rather than trusting God. I felt as if He said "See Elizabeth, I already had this coming to you and you had nothing to worry about."
"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 clothes 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?Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be
anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:25-34
Worry is definitely one of the weaknesses that perhaps especially women can have. I know I struggle with it far more than I wish to admit. We can worry ourselves sick, of things that may never happen and may even be far stretched, or thinks that are likely but either way worry is not what we are commanded to be as Christians, as women, or as men. God is faithful, and we are told not to be anxious, not to worry, but to trust our needs to God.
And we went grocery shopping for the week yesterday with a meals carefully planned out for the week, and splurged on a pizza for dinner in celebration of the check. Thank you God. :)
Father make me a woman of faith, not of worry, not driven by worry,or anxiety, but walking always in faith. You are my faithful Father.
Eyes of Faith A Prayer by thekingdomcomes
Father, I can't keep going on
I need You to give me strength cause I have none.
I don't have faith as a mustard seed
To see past this mountain in front of me.
Give me eyes to see that this mountain
Is not even a mole hill in Your eyes and plans.
Give me eyes of faith to walk,
And ears to hear You talk.
Give me faith to trust You now
Give me strength to journey on.
