clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow, they do not harvest and do not store food in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds
them. Are you not less worthy than they are? (...)Look at how the flowers in the fields grow. They do not toil or spin. But I tell you that
not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these. (...)Do not worry and say: What are we going to eat? What are we going to drink?
or: What shall we wear? The pagans busy themselves with such things; but your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. Set your heart
first on the kingdom and justice of God, and all these things will also be given to you. Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Reflection:
Why do we worry? It is because things are way beyond our control
and we are afraid that the consequence would be detrimental. But Jesus
reminds us today that worrying cannot solve problems. It does not
change anything. Insteadof expending energies in worrying, let us use it
creatively by putting it at the service of God. For the basis of our confidence
is not on our strengths but God. And so, while doing what is right and
losing ourselves into it, the universe rearranges itself and relieves you of that
worrisome thing. We see it as an intervention of God in our lives. Doing what is
good and right amidst our own concerns leads to a happy resolution of that
which concerns us.
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