THE FOLLY OF WORRY

GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

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THE FOLLY OF WORRY

READ:  Matthew 6:25-34

Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry

about its own thing.  Matthew 6:34

Ralph Easter had driven many times from Calgary, the foothills city of Alberta, to Banff, high in the Canadian Rockies. But it was his first trip that left an indelible impression on him.  He said that as the road wound westward from Calgary over rolling hills, there always loomed before him in the distance a range of snowcapped peaks that seemed to block the highway.  He recalls wondering how he would ever pass over such an insurmountable barrier, but he drove steadily on.

Finally as he reached the point where is had looked as if the road would stop, he came to a sharp bend and the highway stretched on as before.  Many such turns kept him progressing upward and forward until he came to the other side of the range.

As we travel the road of life, obstacles often loom up before us, filling us with apprehension.  Illness, surgery, financial reversal, or loss of a job threaten to keep us from reaching our goals.  But as we keep on by faith, God opens a new way before us.  Most of what we worry about never comes to pass.  But even when trouble comes, God is there to show us a new course.  We can avoid the folly of worry by trusting Him today for all our tomorrows.  RDH

Worry is a burden that God never meant for us to bear.