“Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” Psalm 8:1-4
This first Monday of December 2024 brings a question that has been on my mind recently. Along your journey, have you ever said, or thought this phrase; "Don't sweat the small stuff"? The attached photo of my daughters and me was possibly taken in 1997 on the 4P Ranch north of Bridgeport and there were times when I told myself that phrase when teen aged daughter type challenges surfaced along our journey. Staying focused on the truly important decisions is the wise thing to do and letting the lesser challenges, the small stuff, work themselves out without much attention can be good learning lessons as well.
Sometimes, depending on the challenge from this fallen world, it becomes easy for us to sweat the small stuff; to the point of becoming debilitated by anxiety and paralyzed by worry. The chaos in Haiti brings many challenges to Christian education and school feeding programs; big and small. Read the above verses from Psalms find an answer to challenges in Haiti, in our lives and also in this sin filled world. Our Heavenly Father stretched out the heavens and put the myriad of stars and planets and infinite galaxies in place with His fingers! Do you suppose that He was sweating after creating our universe? I am sweating after cleaning my home. I doubt that God broke a sweat. Our Heavenly Father created our universe and placed our ancestors into it. Can He not also bring and end to the gangs chaos in Haiti? He can and He can also take care of our challenges, big or small. He has it covered; it’s in his plans. Whatever it is that has you sweating today, He's got it covered. Yes, even the small stuff.
Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you,
Jay