A while ago in class, our discussion led us to a passage in the bible, Matthew 6:26: “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.” And also verse 34, saying “do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Birds do not worry about the status of their being, God provides the necessities of life and they are free to roam the skies and land wherever their little wings take them. Lately, I have been trying to embrace the lifestyle of a bird, and I don’t mean by eating worms and using playground equipment as target practice, but by attempting to be a little more carefree. I think that is an oxymoron. Thinking about being carefree is defeating the purpose of purely being carefree. You shouldn’t have to think about not worrying. I coin the term; Metaworrying…worrying about worrying.
It’s obvious that we are not birds; we have jobs, obligations, prior engagements that quickly take up the space in our daily planners. Not to say that birds don’t have any sort of agenda, they too have jobs, searching for food, protecting their nests, acclimating for survival. They have obligations to their families, to the sustainability of their species and to that unending “Circle of Life. We as humans contribute to this circle of life, further from just utilizing the earth’s resources and participating in the natural process of living, reproducing, and dying. Our “Circle” is more like a gumball, with tons of deviating points that are the events in our lives, the relationships we build, the emotions we experience, etc.
This passage really resonates with me because it reminds us that we need not to worry about stability because God provides the necessities telling us to stop worrying about petty problems that pull us down!
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