Consider the Lillies

Matthew 6:25-29
Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?

Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they?

And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the span of his life?

And why should you be anxious about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin.

Yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his magnificence (excellence, dignity, and grace) was not arrayed like one of these.

I like this passage of scripture that describes God's intimacy with and care for us in the midst of our fears and toiling. Jesus is speaking the words in the passage, and He is showing us our heavenly Father's heart with His words. They should be soothing to our souls. Why aren't they always for me? I think some of my wrestling with anxiety has to do with timing. God has different timing than me.

Like when Moses didn't come down from the mountain right away. Timing. The people waiting for his return entertained their fears and made a calf of gold with which to cast their loyalty and fears. I think there is a lot in there about loyalty and betrayal and fear. We each have our flavors of fears that we need a big,loving God to help us with.

Well, back to lilies of the field....I will try to paint them adding the butterfly stamp and the verse.

The drawing took a while, so I will paint tomorrow. Here is the drawing.