The Blessing

 

Why Are You Afraid?

 

And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”

Matthew 8:26-27

Tree

A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.

Matthew 7:18

Hmmm...

 

Do not give dogs what is holy, 

and do not throw your pearls before pigs, 

lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

Matthew 7:6

Trust

 

Trust in Adonai with all your heart,

lean not on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him,

and He will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:5~6 

My People

if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.   

2 Chronicles 7:14

Seek First

 

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

Matthew 6:25-34

The Bread Museum

 

"You're scared because you look at scary things," he said.

They chose seats and marveled at the braided loaves hanging from strings.

"It's a cafe," he said.

She disagreed. There was so much bread it had to be a bragging baker's collection.

He smiled. 

"You know what's funny?" He asked.

She knew,  "We're low carb and here we are staring at things that are not for us."

"It's like you watching scary things. They're not ours," he reminded her.

"We were not made for fear," he went on.

"Some of it isn't even true," he said, then shrugged, "They lie to us."

Funny how they knew it, but watched the show anyway. Why did they do that?

They ordered stacked sandwiches, each made with four cups of flour, then pulled off the meat and lettuce and tomato slices. Picking, choosing, leaving what wasn't for them on the plate. So much of life is like that. You don't have to eat it all.