DAY NINE – Friday, March 11, 2022
Matthew 6:25-34
This is a very familiar passage and we probably know most of it by heart. However, while we KNOW IT, does not mean that we LIVE IT on a regular basis. It seems we need to hear it time and time again. We see it and we know it, yet we always seem to falter in our faith and do not “Let Go” and “Let God”.
I am very fortunate to be able to share many of my spiritual challenges with my youngest sister. She is 15 years my junior and because we were an immigrant family and often times both of my parents were working many hours, I spent a lot of my time helping to raise her. As a result of this we have a pretty tight bond. She has tremendous faith and often fills me with awe with her faith journey. We decided together many years ago that when we have the strength and wisdom to LET GO then we would put it in the God Box. We actually would say to one another, “Do not just put it in the box, but put the box up high on a shelf in your closet so you cannot easily take it down and try to control things again.”
I know that I am not the clothes I wear. People who do not know me may wonder why I dress the way I do, but that does not concern God. God does not worry about how I look on the outside, but he sees my heart and knows what is going on inside.
This passage tells us to aim for higher and better things like knowing more about our faith and doing good things in our lives that make a difference to the world. We must be Christians who WALK the TALK.
Tinie Evans
Matthew 6:25-34
This is a very familiar passage and we probably know most of it by heart. However, while we KNOW IT, does not mean that we LIVE IT on a regular basis. It seems we need to hear it time and time again. We see it and we know it, yet we always seem to falter in our faith and do not “Let Go” and “Let God”.
I am very fortunate to be able to share many of my spiritual challenges with my youngest sister. She is 15 years my junior and because we were an immigrant family and often times both of my parents were working many hours, I spent a lot of my time helping to raise her. As a result of this we have a pretty tight bond. She has tremendous faith and often fills me with awe with her faith journey. We decided together many years ago that when we have the strength and wisdom to LET GO then we would put it in the God Box. We actually would say to one another, “Do not just put it in the box, but put the box up high on a shelf in your closet so you cannot easily take it down and try to control things again.”
I know that I am not the clothes I wear. People who do not know me may wonder why I dress the way I do, but that does not concern God. God does not worry about how I look on the outside, but he sees my heart and knows what is going on inside.
This passage tells us to aim for higher and better things like knowing more about our faith and doing good things in our lives that make a difference to the world. We must be Christians who WALK the TALK.
Tinie Evans
