“Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7 NRSV)
She wished she could be more like her husband. Nothing
ever seemed to get him. He took everything in stride, and he acted as though he
hadn’t a care in the world. She, on the other hand, worried about everything.
She was positive that if there was something that could possibly go wrong, it
would. She didn’t mean to be negative, but she couldn’t help it. She wanted to
be able to let go of her doubts and fears, but so far she hadn’t been able to.
It’s sometimes hard to realize that God gave us life as a
gift. Many times it feels like such a burden. God never wants us to suffer
unnecessarily. Part of the message that Christ brought to this world was that
no one had to face problems alone. God is with us always. Another part of His
message was that nothing on this earth is important other than our relationship
to God and to our neighbor. Job, finances, illness, and a hundred other things
create stress in our lives, but when compared with the bigger picture of
eternal life, they are totally insignificant. As Christians, we need to learn
to look at the world through eternity-eyes, rather than temporal-eyes. Our home
is in heaven, and everything that happens to us now means nothing, so long as
we have our relationship in order.
-- Dan and Nancy
Dick in “Daily Wisdom from the Bible”
#4158
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