Anxious

This is our second work and witness trip to Wahiawa, Hawaii to help in the Wahiawa Church of the Nazarene.  Last year we put a new roof on the church.  This year we are scheduled to paint the exterior and interior of the church, lay tile in the basement, and paint the public living area in the patronage.  We have a huge task and fewer people than last summer.  Sometimes we are tempted to be anxious but the Bible tells us not to be anxious.

“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 into 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.” Matthew 6:25-34

Today we planned the menu for the next two weeks, searched for a boom lift, and bought tile.  It might have been easy to be anxious about everything.  There were questions, about time, money, and materials.  Worry could have immobilized us all, but we stepped out in faith.  The boom lift is scheduled to be delivered on Monday, and costs as much for the week as we were told it would cost per day.  The order for the tile was canceled by some unknown person for an unknown reason but did not sell.  We bought it today, and God supplied a vehicle to pick up all 45 boxes tomorrow.  Many calls were made to find a refrigerator off Craig’s list.  Either we did not hear back or there was something wrong with the refrigerator so we still need a refrigerator to store the food for the team.  Pray that God provides that in His time.

Our Father, God, shows us that we are loved not because of what we do but because we are His children.  We can rest in His mercy.  If we do not have the courage to trust Him with our future, God shows us that fears only hold us back.  We are valuable to Him.  He planned for our lives here on earth and for eternity and His grace and mercy is not just for us, but also for us to share with everyone we meet.

Do not be anxious.  God has a plan for the people of Wahiawa and He will carry it out. He is our loving heavenly Father.

Written by Bonnie Young