Opening Prayer: Lord, when I am tempted to look at
circumstances, and allow them to determine how I live my days, turn my heart and
my mind toward you and allow me to consider the lilies of the field and the
birds of the air and to know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that if you feed the
birds of the air and clothe the lilies of the field, you will most certainly
care for me, your beloved. Amen.
Scripture: Luke 12:22-34
Journal: What things make you most anxious about your life
these days? What happens when you
consider the ravens or the lilies? What
does it look like to seek him in the midst of your worry?
Reflection:
You find no difficulty in trusting the Lord with
the management of the universe, and all the outward creation, and can your case
be any more complex or difficult than these. That you need to be anxious or
troubled about His management of you?
Away with such unworthy doubtings!
Take your stand on the power and trustworthiness of your God, and see
how quickly all difficulties will vanish before a steadfast determination to
believe. Trust in the dark, trust in the
light, trust at night and trust in the morning, and you will find that the
faith which may begin by mighty effort, will end sooner or later by becoming
the easy and natural habit of the soul. (The Christian’s Secret of a
Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith)
Prayer
Closing Prayer: O God, our Heavenly Father, help us to not be
consumed with the worries and anxieties of this life, but to give all of our
cares to you in prayer. Fix our hearts
and our minds on your character and your excellence; that your peace may guard
our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus.
It is in his name that we lift up our prayers. Amen.
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