Our Rainstorm

(The blog this week is a repeat of one that I had done for a facebook group in April of 2010. I found it fitting however to present this message a second time seeing as how stress becomes such a common thing around this time with all the school kids taking tests. I hope you’ll read it and tell me what you think!)

^“Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6.31-34, ESV)

This past weekend we were told we were gonna get a lot of rain. It was supposed to pour and pour on us and never stop. What ended up happening? We got a drizzle for about 5 minutes.

I don't want to rag on any weathermen, but they sure got that wrong, huh? How often do we, like these weathermen, hear about something and obsess and stress out over it, only to find out later that it really wasn't much of anything at all? I think we often assume that everything is going to be difficult now granted we shouldn't assume everything is gonna be easy, but if you live life stressed out all the time you will miss out on a lot of the good things that this life has to offer!

We need to learn more to let go of our worries, pray about them and let God, take care of it! More often then not you'll find that the rainstorm you had been expecting all week, really turned out to be nothing more than a drizzle. -Jack D.