Hello and welcome. A new month is upon us and when my husband asked me if I was working on my Monthly Inspiration post I admitted that I was struggling with it. It seems the news of the past few days (devastation caused by hurricane/tropical storm Helene, wars, and more) has been weighing on me and I was having a hard time finding uplifting words to inspire myself and share with you. I asked my husband if he had any ideas, and he offered up this scripture that we often find comforting.

Do Not Worry

Mattew 6:25-34

²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷ Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life^[a]?

²⁸ “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹ Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰ If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? ³¹ So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

I also received an email from my sister that contained a link to a devotional that started with the following scripture. It was most appropriate.

Psalm 55:22

“Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.” – 

Lastly, I also found inspiration when I came across the following Psalm.

Psalm 46:1-3

1.“God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.

2. Therefore, we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

3. though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling…”

If the worries of the world are weighing on you, I do hope you can find comfort in these scriptures.

Thanks for visiting.