Friday, April 27, 2012

Day 2 - Week 61 - Philippians 4:6 - "Do not worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God."

It sounds so simple, doesn't it?  Don't worry  - give our requests to God, and let go of them.  Sounds easy, but for our human hearts and minds it is contrary to everything we cling to.  We like to think we can control outcomes and futures, but we are so very limited in our control.  Down deep, we know that, and therein lies the worry.  The knowledge that outcomes and futures are really not within our grasp, and that no matter what we do, no matter how tightly we try to hold onto the reins, things may not turn out the way that we want them to.

Satan would have us think that God is not working in our favor; but God tells us differently.  He tells us that when we bring our concerns to Him, through prayer, asking for His blessings, He will relieve our worries.  He will take over our concerns.  That He hears us as His children, and that He will work everything together for our good. 

If we are not able to trust our God, our Father, then we, indeed, have cause to worry.  In that scenario, at best, we put our lives in the. randomness of chance; at worst, our lives are in the hands of a power that may like us one day, not so much the next.

But if we understand that our lives are in the hands of our Creator Father, a God that loves His creation so much that He designed a plan for our eternal well-being in His very presence, a plan that by His design cost the painful death of His Son, then we can feel the assurance that the earthly worries that we now have can be very trustfully placed in the hands of the One who loves us to that degree. 

We have a Father - He loves us - He knows our concerns, He is waiting for us to say, "I am so thankful that You are my Father, and that You are so able to care for me.  Here are my problems today.  I trust You to show me the way.  Thank You for loving me so much."





Today we celebrated the marriage of Vandi, my sweet step-daughter.  As you stand back and hear the marriage vows repeated, you cannot help but think, "I hope they will be happy!"  I pray tonight that Vandi and Lawson are blessed in their marriage...that God will show them His way...and that their lives will be free from worry and full of love.

Best wishes for a lifetime of happiness, Vandi & Lawson...and praying for God's sweetest blessings over your lives. 

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