Don't Fuss, Relax!

Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don’t fuss with their appearance – but have you ever seen color and design quite like it?
- Luke 12
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It has been a long while since I posted my reflections from the Word of God. Today is Good Friday… I decided to take the time this morning to reflect on my journey as a Christian and to thank God for his goodness all these years. My recent meditations have been on THANKSGIVING... "So, then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strenghtened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thanksgiving." (Colossians 2:6-7). Jerry Bridges in his class book The Practice of Godliness wrote that "thanksgiving is a normal result of a vital union with Christ, and a direct measure of the extent to which we are experiencing the reality of that union in our daily lives."

From the Message Bible, Luke 12 continues... "What I am trying to do here is to get you to relax, not be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God’s giving. People who don’t know God and how he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. Don’t be afraid of missing out. You’re my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself."