Worries

We read in Genesis that "The earth was empty, a formless mass cloaked in darkness" (Gen 1:2). Other translations use the word "chaos". Sometimes our own lives seem cloaked in chaos, darkness, an aimless mass of "to do's" and worries. Headlines do not help as the oddities of human nature and Mother Nature" scare us: earthquakes, threats of earthquakes, floods, strange behaviors on planes, corruption in politics, cases of measles, on and on. Worry comes from an Anglo-Saxon word which means "harm" and another form which means "wolf". We can let the "wolf" tear at us apart and do untold harm mentally, if we allow this beast to dominate our thoughts and imaginations. Here is where the solid teaching of Jesus about the birds of the air and lilies of the field can be the "weapon" which drives away the wolf: "And don't worry about food--what to eat and what to drink. Don't worry whether God will provide it for you. These things dominate the thoughts of most people, but your Father already knows your needs. He will give you all you need from day to day if you make the Kingdom of God your primary concern." (Lk 12: 29-30).
Bro. Rene