Yes, two posts on one day, this one will be short.
Yesterday our Sunday School Lesson was on worry and anxiety. It included the following passage.
Matthew 6:25-27 NIV
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 important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look 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? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[b]? (bold mine)
This was driven home to us today. A young lady whom Jina and I played co-ed softball with was killed in a car accident late this morning. She was not much older than our nieces and nephews and left behind a mother and four year old daughter. Keep them in your prayers, but also let this be a sober reminder. When you have the time hold your children close, call your parents, love your spouse or help a friend, do it. If you don't have the time, make it.
I did not know her well enough to feel the pains of grief, but it does hit very close to home, and as such, I was jarred into remembering what a fragile thing my life and the lives around me are.
May God bless your time with your family and friends this season and in the years to come.
James
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