Matthew 6:25-27

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 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? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?  - Matthew 6:25-27

Dear Jesus,

The birds around us live such carefree lives.  They wake up in the morning and playfully search for food.  They don't worry about anything.  They just live.  What a great example you use for me.  My body was not designed to worry.  So, when I do, I overwork it and push it to the breaking point.  No wonder I feel the negative effects!  My life is already mapped out for me by you.  I cannot make it last any longer by worrying.  So, teach me to number my days, so I might enjoy them in faith and peace without worrying about anything.  Help me live as if this could be my last day on earth but with the peace of knowing that if it is, it will give wy to my first day in heaven.  

Amen

Pastor Don Patterson 

Life is a gift meant to be spent in joyful spiritual productivity. You cannot save it for another time.  

Additional Reading: Psalm 90