Casting Out of Reach

 

... casting all your anxieties

                     on Him

because He cares for you.

                 1 Peter 5. 7

(In Greek, all means

          exactly that:  all.

What favorite anxieties

       are we holding onto?

They do nothing

        but clog up our thoughts

        and trip us up.

God never intended for fear and worry

       to distract us

       or for us to carry.

God has much bigger things

                    for us to do

    than to drag anxiety along.

God gives us His strength,

       and wisdom in exchange.)

O LORD,

May we acknowledge Your love for us

    by being mindful of You in all things.

When we dwell on You,

   You change what we think about,

what we do,

          how we do it,

    and how we respond.

Show us how to live differently today.

May our lives be marked

   by Your strength in us

   and Your Presence with us

      which cannot be explained away..

We are eyewitnesses of Your majesty.