Choosing God's Riches ~ Matthew 6:25-34 ~ Tuesday

Choosing God's Riches ~

25"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 important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look 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? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If 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, O you of little faith? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

So why do we worry? Why do we dwell on tomorrow and what might be? Why do we worry about eating, drinking and clothing we wear?

In reading "The Simplicity Reader", one of the things I read tonight was #100 "Build a Very Simple Wardrobe". Elaine St. James (the author) uses this example, "A wealthy Wall Street financier is reputed to have developed the simplest wardrobe of all: he has half a dozen copies of one exquisitely tailored black 3 piece suit, a couple of identical white shirts and silk ties, and a couple of pairs of black shoes. That's it." The choices are simple every day. One of the reasons that I primarily wear dresses is that I can lift one out of the closet and not worry about a matching blouse or whatever. One of the things I've appreciated about the Amish is their dedication to solid colors. Makes it easier and simpler. Somehow with all the choices it complicates things. The author of this book also recommends spending some time each day in nature. Each day! All this leaves some time for thought. How about you?

I prefer shirts and pants to dresses. I have 2 pair of dress pants, beige and black. With those two pair I can wear any color of blouse and it goes pretty good.