Stirred By The Scriptures

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life…” those sound like harsh words given our present economic crisis. They aren’t my words but rather they come from the most famous sermon ever given - the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus said those words to all who sat there that day. He wasn’t minimizing the hurt or hardness that life can sometimes present but rather drawing a contrast to our need to trust him more than our circumstances, to believe that he knows our needs (different than our wants) and is able to meet them. I will confess to you I am a worrier. I come from a long line of worriers, I just do a better job of covering it up. So I take these words very seriously and make them the prayer of my heart.

Oh, by the way, we are also to seek to meet the needs of others. That is something else Jesus taught but that will be a topic for another day.