You Are Not Alone

Therefore, Don't Worry

Hey guys! It's Alyssa! I hope you all are doing well. I wasn't planning on posting again this week, but I really wanted to encourage y'all with my favorite passage of scripture!

"Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?"

"Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"

"Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?"

"And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:"

"And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these."

"Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?"

"Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?"

"(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things."

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

"Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."

Matthew 6: 25-34 KJV

Jesus is telling us not to worry! He has this all under control!!!

"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
                                                              - 2 Timothy 1:7

Here's another version of the main passage that might be a bit easier to read than the KJV.

"This is why I tell you: Don't worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food and the body more than clothing? 

Look at the birds of the sky: They don't sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you worth more than they?

Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying?

And why do you worry about clothes? Learn how the wildflowers of the field grow: they don't labor or spin thread.

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these!

If that's how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won't He do much more for you—you of little faith?

So don't worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' 

For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.

Therefore don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

God is in control! He sees you, He knows you, He loves you! Remember, you loved and cherished more than you will ever know. You are not alone! Stay safe, and God bless!