Dear SCC & Friends,
Do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. ~Matthew 6:34
Update #82
Our lives are full of activity. Most of us like to be active…purposeful…productive. Those are good things, but good things can rob us of that which is best. We were made to interact, socialize and love our neighbor as ourselves. Along the way we encounter trouble, disappointment and even despair. The Lord has provided, Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you…” ~Heb. 13:5 You’ve heard the phrase “take it one day at a time.” All too often we choose to borrow trouble from a tomorrow which has not yet come. John Newton was a former slave trader turned Anglican clergyman. He wrote the hymn “Amazing Grace,” and also gave these encouraging words… “I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in the course of the year to a great bundle of sticks, far too large for us to lift. But God does not require us to carry the whole at once. He mercifully unties the bundle, and gives us first one stick, which we are to carry today, and then another, which we are to carry tomorrow, and so on. This we might easily manage, if we would only take the burden appointed for us each day; but we choose to increase our troubles by carrying yesterday’s stick over again today, and adding tomorrow’s burden to our load, before we are required to bear it.” …for tomorrow will care for itself… ~Matt. 6:34
God has made provision for tomorrow’s troubles. “Yesterday is a cancelled check, tomorrow is a promissory note.” …Today is the day the Lord has made for us to know, love and serve. He clearly states what is to be our first priority… Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these thingsshall be added to you. ~Matt. 6:33. Conversely, if we seek first all these things His Kingdom shall be subtracted from us. May His Kingdom come, His will be done in and through our lives… Difficult circumstances may not change as we like, but through God’s grace we are changed in relation to our circumstances – Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…~Rom. 12:2 The Lord is in the transforming business…One day at a time… Keep up the good work!
Made for these days,
Kevin