Further to Mum’s post talking out the subject of needless worries about the future having a detrimental effect on our life now … living in fear in the future and missing out on the potential of now …
Whether you believe in Jesus or not, what could we notice from these words now?:
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. 34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.
Anxiety, a state of uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties, is neither necessary nor helpful. It makes us heavy and slower and more indecisive. As Mum mentioned, being anxious is not fun for those around you either! I like Pete Koerner’s first word in reply to my question, “What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?” - “Relax”. Aaahh.
Now is the best time to free yourself from needless worries.
Flowers do not compete or create effort and stress, they simply add to the beauty of the whole.
What part are we playing in the colourful carpet of creation? Are we being a flow~er?
Today, would you consider growing from fretting to the fragrance of fun and flow?
Let go and let good.
Would you contemplate ‘Trust’?
Would you notice your beauty?
Be the lily in the field.
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