The Lord will provide

“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. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:25-34 ESV)

Worry and anxiety are feelings are feelings that all of us are familiar with.  Tonight's passage reminds us that God will take care of us and we need not worry, instead we are to seek His kingdom and righteousness.  My daughter's name comes straight from this passage of scripture, and beginning with when she could talk, my wife taught her to say "the Lord will provide".  That has stuck with her and she recognizes when mom and dad are stressed, and then her little voice reminds us, "the Lord will provide".  When i call her name, i am reminded that we are to trust in The Lord for everything.  God is faithful and He is so good, better than we can even fathom.