Someone to Worry About

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Matthew 6:26

Yesterday I had a colonoscopy. Everything turned out fine.  A few years ago I had one in which a growth that the doctor described as “the kind we worry about” was found. I spend a week waiting for the growth to be tested. It turned out to be non-cancerous, but this put me on the fast track for more frequent testing. I have to admit to being a bit worried before the test. I found out that a couple of folks who love me were also a bit worried.

I suppose the quality of your life can be measured by how many folks you worry about and how many worry about you. I see movies and read book about people who are loners, who don’t have anyone to worry about or to worry about them. They are usually portrayed as happy in their circumstances. I can’t believe that.

We would like to be like the birds or flowers and never worry. We are not. The great thing about us Christians is that worry, even for our loved ones, is something that we just visit temporarily. We don’t live in worry. We move from love to a difficult situation, to worry, to prayer and finally to peace as we place the loved one in the hands of the only one who loves them more than we do.

If the cloud of worry crosses your life, let it move on through, go to prayer and place your worry at the cross, blessed peace follows. That’s a very good thing.