To Trust or Fret...

Matt.11:28-30

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, 

and I will give you rest. 

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, 

for I am gentle and humble in heart, 

and you will find rest for your souls. 

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

There is no merit in worrying about tomorrow, is there?!

Nothing we anxiously suppose can change

 what waits to be, where the unknown spans.

But, there is great merit in considering what will be 

and taking great care as we make choices, 

looking not only to its immediate gratification, but to its ripple effect. 

Children will be influenced by their environment;

what they hear and see.

They will learn, often when we think not!

They will grow up, Lord willing,

They will search for truth!

We all will give account for what we do/did

with what God gives/gave us; life!

The choices we make matter eternally!

Rom.14:12

So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.

Ps.130:3-4

If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities,

then who, O Lord, could stand?

But with You there is forgiveness,

so that You may be feared.

To hide the Word of God in our hearts

so that He can speak to us through His word

will equip us to guard our heart and mind

from enemy forces such as worry, pride, discontentment,

discouragement, doubt and bitterness.

(oh, how He loves us!!)

And His word will equip us to shine His light/love

and speak to others about Him.

Thy Word is Like a Garden, Lord (lyrics by Edwin Hodder)

To fret about the 'yet' that hails

Beyond the holy ground of 'Now' 

Is to blaze phantom, futile trails

Through scenes God may never allow 

To hide God's word within our hearts

Will anchor, instruct, cheer and gird

Then, with sound doctrine He imparts

We will not fret but trust his Word

To trust His word of truth and love

Will grant us courage to proceed

Content to know it is enough

To know God will supply our need 

Whatever today's dues deploy

Wherever we may hap to be

Pray God unfurls a hymn of joy

Because the truth has set us free

...from fretting where a yet-bent tide

Eddies and foams and whorls and seethes

Where goodness and mercy abide

To fill the trusting heart with peace

This life is full of cares and fears

Unknowns are full of untold 'yet'

His Word alone comforts and cheers

We choose to either trust or fret

Janet Martin

Ps.138:8

The Lord will [a]perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

More Love To Thee - Fernando Ortega