Thwack!!

Thwack!! That's the sound of me figuratively getting hit on the head with a 2x4. Do you ever feel that way? I know I've recently felt it. Let me explain.

I'm sitting in church this morning and here's the scripture passage from this mornings sermon.

Matthew 6:25-34

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather in to barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 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 you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." (ESV)

Could this sermon come at a better time for me? Probably not. One of the things Pastor Robert said was that God uses the things that give us anxiety to draw us closer to Him. I've seen that happen in my life; not only with the anxiety of impending surgery but in other situations I've struggled with in the past.

So if you see me nursing a knot on my head, now you know why. God has once again used His Word to show me that he's in control and I shouldn't worry. Thank goodness. I think that if I were in control I would have messed things up a long time ago.

One more thing...
Thank you to all of my friends and family that have been praying for me recently. I asked that you pray because I was feeling rather nervous about the surgery, etc. and I've noticed that I'm not nearly as anxious as before. I'm sleeping better and I don't burst into tears when I have to talk about it. :)

That's all for now,
Kari