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September 8-Luke 12

Hey readers! Glad you're back again today! :) Ready to dive into Luke 12? Let's go!

As a college student, life has gotten very hectic! Between classes, homework, studying, laundry, and trying to have a social life, there's not much time to just relax and chill. Because of the lack of "chill time", I've been finding myself very stressed and anxious about the work load. It doesn't help that a majority of my scholarships will only continue if I do well in school, and that without such scholarships I would never be able to attend PBA.

But God tells us multiple times in His Word that we have no need to be anxious about anything, for everything is in His control! Why don't I remember this?? It would make life so much simpler, don't you think? It would save so much trouble and stress... yet I still worry. I'm so thankful for God's reminder to me to lean on Him and wait for His timing rather than being anxious about things I can't control! Isn't it so good to know? :)

I've included the verses from Luke 12 today so you can see right here the verses that have been such a comfort to me, even in this busy week of school!

22 And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?[c] 26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,[d] yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! 29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, norbe worried. 30 For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, seek his[e] kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

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