Why Worry...? Just Trust.

I'm almost ashamed to admit - I'm a worrier. I stress about things - a lot. And when I'm not stressing - I'm stressing about what's going to go wrong next. It's a very bad habit.
Tonight as I was reading my devotion, I was reading about Isaac and Rebekah. Their story always made me smile. It seems so hopeful to me - how they began. As I pondered their story, I began to think about my own life. So much seems to be going on right now. I've gotten to the point where I feel very overwhelmed and, well, stressed. As I was contemplating this, I began to wonder why I was stressing. "Why can't I just let life be good," I asked myself "why do I have to make it stressful?" Even my little daily jump start this morning was about how "God can handle any problem - and that includes yours." I began to laugh at myself. Why worry when I can trust? Why stress when I know that the God of all - has me in His care and cares for me? Too often I get caught in the "big picture" of life as a whole and become overwhelmed that I forget God and I miss living in the moment. It steals my joy. As I continued thinking, God reminded me of one of my FAVORITE passages of scripture and I just wanted to take a second to share it with you. I hope it's as encouraging to you as it is to me! Love in Him, Meag

"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." - Matthew 6:25-34