Stop worrying
When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,
and all their plans die with them. ~ Psalm 146:4 (NLT)
Can any of you live a bit longer by worrying about it? ~ Matthew 6:27 (GNT)
KEY IDEA:
All our plans eventually vaporize. So trust God and quite worrying.
PRAYER:
Lord, you are totally trustworthy and I appreciate that. I confess, though, that I don't always trust you. I enjoy worrying because it makes me feel like I can come up with a lasting solution to an overwhelming problem.
Please grant me the humility to stop worrying. I'm going to look to you for solutions and not fret when I can't see what you are doing. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (© 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.) NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)