Welcome Spring…as more snow is forecast in the Northeast…heavy rain here in Central Texas…my mind wanders to Matthew 6: 25-34…let it be our morning prayer…
25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
God,
Help to be present in today…in the moment…let us open the door for the neighbor whose arms are full of packages…Help us be present in the moment…when the little one calls our name over and over only to tell us “I love you”… Let us be present in the moment when our elderly loved one ask the same question 10 times…let us answer it with love…Help us to be present in the moment.
We offer this prayer in Jesus’ name who taught us not to worry…Amen
Have a blessed day!
