Anxious Thoughts

My mom broke her neck in three places a week ago, and we are all very concerned for her treatment and recovery. On a happier note, but still anxiety producing, we are waiting on pins and needles for Kara to deliver her and Collin's dear baby. Meanwhile, five of my six kids at home have had a nasty virus with a high fever (105 for Jonathan!) for the past week and a half. Tim's business continues to be in the doldrums. Add to this mix concerns for this child, fears and worries for that one.

Worries abound.

Anxious thoughts prevail.

Adrenalin surges.

Sleep departs.

 

Here are some passages I'm meditating on today.

 

Phil 4: 6,7  Be anxious for nothing, 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 comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

 

Psalm 139: 23, 24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

 

Psalm 55: 22 Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.

 

Matthew 6: 25-34 "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.

 

I Peter 5: 6,7  Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

 

Psalm 127: 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. (KJV)

 

Psalm 63: 6,7  When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches, for You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.