Worried!

By nature we keep worrying over futile things. Trusting God can solve our problems and help us to overcome all worries.

God is our shelter and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and mountains fall into and rage and the hills are shaken by the violence.

There is a river that brings joy to the city of God, to the sacred house of the Most High. God is in that city, and it will never be destroyed; at early dawn terrified, kingdoms are shaken; God thunders and the earth dissolves. The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Come and see what the LORD has done. See what amazing things he has done on earth. He stops wars all over world, and sets shields on fire.

“Stop fighting” he says, “And know that I am God, supreme among the nations, supreme over the world.”  Psalm 46.

Trust God, do not worry.

Anticipating His Return

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust in me.” John 14:1

Don’t be troubled by the return of Christ. Don’t be anxious about things you cannot comprehend. Issues like the millennium and the Antichrist are intended to challenge and stretch us, but not overwhelm and certainly not divide us. For the Christian, the return of Christ is not a riddle to be solved or a code to be broken, but rather a day to be anticipated.

Jesus wants us to trust him.

Thoughts

~ Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf…Albert Schweitzer

~ A friend who was working in the Dominican Republic with Habitat for Humanity had befriended a small boy named Etin.  He noticed that when Etin wore a shirt at all it was always the same dirty, tattered one.  A box of used clothes had been left at the camp, and my friend found two shirts in it that were in reasonably good shape and about Etin's size, so he gave them to the grateful boy.  A few days later he saw another boy wearing one of the shirts.  When he next met up with Etin he explained that the shirts were meant for him.  Etin just looked at him and said, "But you gave me two!"…Unknown