When my anxious thoughts multiply within me...

The past week has been a whirlwind for us...One of our oldest daughters (she's a twin) left to work at camp this summer. This is the first time any of our children will be gone for more than two weeks! We have entered..."the Twilight Zone"...just kidding...but we HAVE entered a new life phase.

The verses I am working on memorizing these days are the "worry" verses from Matthew 6:25-34. The other day I read the Message version of those verses and the last verse really grabbed me...

34 "Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.

I struggle a lot with worry. My mind is always running on overdrive and I think I have one of the most creative "disaster-scenario" minds around...again, just kidding... So God has helped me many times through the years with these and other precious verses from His Word.

I don't know where I would be today if it weren't for the faithfulness and grace of God and His provision of His Word! This morning I am so thankful that God is faithful even when I am not (2 Tim 2:13)...that He brings joy to my soul when I am filled with anxiety (Ps 94:19)...that He Himself has compassion on me, as my Father, taking into account that I am dust (Ps 103:13-14)...and I could go on and on listing His magnificence!

Let's face it - there really is NONE who compare with our God! Praise Him today along with me! And rejoice in these words from Isaiah 12...

Isaiah 12

Songs of Praise

1 In that day you will say:
"I will praise you, O LORD.
Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away
and you have comforted me.

2 Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and not be afraid.
The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation."

3 With joy you will draw water
from the wells of salvation.

4 In that day you will say:
"Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make known among the nations what he has done,
and proclaim that his name is exalted.

5 Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things;
let this be known to all the world.

6 Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion,
for great is the Holy One of Israel among you."

AMEN! Praise the LORD!

MR