Do you focus on the negative? Do you look for the bad in every situation? Do you dwell on every little thing?

In the past, I have done just that. I cannot count the wasted hours worrying about things I had no control over. All it did was make me miserable and cause me to miss out on enjoying the moment.

I came across Matthew 6:25-34 and my thinking began to change.

“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? 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? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 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? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

By prioritizing a life centered around God’s kingdom and righteousness, everything else will fall into place. God will provide.

Instead of letting the anxieties of life consume you, devote time each day to prayer, reflection, and acts of kindness. Slowly but steadily, a sense of peace and fulfillment might settle in your heart.

Realized that by seeking God’s kingdom and righteousness first, you will experience the abundance of blessings promised in Matthew 6:33

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