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| We had this yesterday but it is mostly gone today! |
As I walked to work in the frigid air this morning I was thinking about the amount of stress I am experiencing at the moment. The sad thing is that most of it is over things that won't matter much longer. I have school work that is making me so anxious that I can hardly eat. This isn't normal for me but when it happens it is bad. But then I remind myself that I am not defined by school and grades. Yes, I want to do my best, but that shouldn't mean I go through the weeks overwhelmed by everything and afraid of what will happen if I don't do as well as I normally do. For instance, I just turned in this HUGE paper that has been so stressful to write and I felt relieved for about a minute that it was done until the panic over what grade it will receive set in. And as I look back on that I am reminded of the words in Luke, "and which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?" How many times are we reminded in the Scriptures not to be anxious? And yet, I constantly am. This shows me so much about how I struggle to trust in the Lord. When you continue on to read the rest of that section in Luke 12 it is such a comfort. I love these words especially:
"For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you. Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
