Do not worry

Matthew 6:25-34 tells us that we are not to worry about our daily needs because our Father in heaven knows those needs and will provide for us. Despite reading these words countless times many of us still continue to worry about these things...or at least I know that I do!

Over the past week El Salvador has experienced some of the worst rains and mudslides since Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Dozens of people have been killed and thousands are without homes. http://www.laprensagrafica.com/internacionales/centroamerica/224900-mas-de-90-muertos-y-700000-afectados-por-lluvias-en-centroamerica.html

The building across the street from our church has been set up as a temporary shelter for victims of the recent rains and mudslides. Yesterday we went to this shelter to sort through bags of donated clothes that were to be given out to the victims.During our time there, a very little, and very elderly lady came in and began going through the clothes. She was frail and wet and she said that she needed something to eat and something to wear. As we helped her go through the clothes to pick out some things to wear, the verses in Matthew came to mind....Do not worry about what you will eat or what you will wear.....Are you not more important than the lilies of the field or the birds of the air?...God reminded me then and there that He promises to take care of me, and that He always will. In my lack of faith, I often worry about what I would do if certain situations strike, for example if we had lost our home to the floods or landslides. But yesterday my heart was comforted in being reminded that I have a Father who has promised to take care of me, and He never breaks a promise!

The generosity of the Salvadoran community during this time has been overwhelming and it overwhelms our hearts to see people who have so little give to those who have even less. Last night members of the mayors office came around our community asking for donations for some of the victims who are staying in another local shelter. Immediately one of the youth in our home went to her room and quickly filled two bags up with clothes to be donated. Needless to say my heart was proud...and I'm pretty sure our Father had a smile on His face too :)