Worry.

This is a photograph I took in 2010 while on a mission trip in Mexico. This was a garbage dump where people would wait for the arrival of garbage trucks to rummage through them to find things to sell, things for themselves, or things to eat. 

It’s a funny thing how you can worry about the smallest things to the point where they blind you of the bigger things around you. Big things like the air you breathe. The beats of your heart. The vision of your eyes. The steps your feet take. Being able to get up from where you sit, walk over to the refrigerator, and grab something to eat. Being able to sleep warm and safe in your bed at night. We even become blind to the blessings that come from things such as going to your local Starbucks to get coffee. We get so wrapped up with worrying about money, relationships, our appearances, school, careers, and what others think of us. All these things distract us from thanking God for the air we breathe or for our beating hearts or the vision we have or our ability to walk. All these things distract us from realizing that we are so rich. So ridiculously rich. We have Jesus. We’re so busy being focused on small things in our lives that we don’t see the ones who are really in need around us. God gives us so much power in being able to show Jesus to people. We’re too worried about money to bless someone in need. We’re too worried about that one or two relationships that we miss all those who are crying out for love. We’re too worried about the things that fade away that we forget to ask God what He wants from us. We forget who we really are. We forget whom we’re meant to live for. We forget that each minute that goes by, our lives on earth are coming closer to their ends along with those who don’t have Christ. As Christ followers, do we not realize the severity of the consequences of that? Do we care enough to do something about it? Or do we continue drowning in our worries? What does our worrying about such things say about our God? Doesn’t make Him look very good or powerful, does it? My prayer for us is that we would let the Lord take worry from our lives. It is that we would choose Christ. It is that we would choose thankfulness. It is that we would find rejoicing and satisfaction in our Lord. It is when we choose Him each day that we can be aware of how rich we really are, of how we have nothing to worry about, and of how much power there is in us, through Him, to show the world the beauty & love of Christ. He calls us to love and to give. Let’s stop worrying about the little things and start thanking God for the big things. If it wasn’t for Him, you might not even have been able to read this.

Blessings,
-C.