A Pity Party
If you’re a Rebound listener, then you know about the financial heartaches my family has been through and our current fight to get out of debt. Because I’m a worrier, some days are really tough. Yesterday was one of those days.
I woke up early in the morning so that the family and I could make it to church for a special event. As I got ready, I found myself getting angry because I don’t have any casual clothing currently that I really like. In fact, clothing has become one of those things that we are now buying exclusively second hand and the boys come first, so that leaves a small clothing budget for me and the hubby. Long story short, I was just really feeling sorry for myself that morning.
Now girls, I know you can understand my plight. As wives and mothers, we will happily go without so our family does not have to, but sometimes we just want to feel beautiful and splurge. And well, if you’re doing a Total Money Makeover, chances are you’re doing very little of that nowadays. This morning, I just wanted to feel beautiful. In reality, I felt miles from it.
I was still feeling a twinge of self-pity through the church service. It just wouldn’t go away. Top this with the daily worries about bills and income and savings that accompany getting out of debt and I was just feeling… blah.
On the way home, the hubby made a quick stop for gas so while the boys and I waited, I picked up his Bible and started randomly reading. In less than a minute, I happened upon these verses from Matthew 6:
“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?
“And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?
“So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear? These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”
Matthew 6:25-34
This passage gave me unexplainable peace. If you’re in a similar situation, perhaps this scripture will help you as well.
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