CLEOEJACKSONIII.COM
  • My Home Page
  • My Life and Ministry
  • My Ongoing Thoughts
  • My Favorite Bible Verses
  • My Favorite Stories
  • My Favorite Jokes
  • My Favorite Quotations
  • My Favorite Web Links
  • My Contact Info
"Helping Others Communicate"

LIFE WITHOUT WORRY!

11/6/2020

 
What a week it has been!  My oldest grandson (Let’s call him “#1”) has been busy attending his first year of preschool, while his two younger brothers (grandsons “#3” and “#5”) have both been at home with their mother.  Meanwhile, yours truly has been busy babysitting grandson “#4”; while my wife has been keeping grandson “#2”, all because of his little brother, grandson “#6”, who has just now been born!
 
(For what it’s worth, grandson “#7” is, now due in the spring.  Apparently, my wife and I cannot buy a granddaughter, as they say, with love nor money!)

Now, in what amounts to somewhat of an irony, grandson “#1” was born on Election Day in 2016 and grandson “#6” was born on Election Day 2020.  (Despite this, I assure you that neither is named Donald and neither is named Joe.)  Grandson “#7” is not likely to continue this streak; unless the current political situation remains so unresolved that it necessitates some sort of heretofore unprecedented runoff election in the spring.

Of course, it goes without saying that a great many people out there have been more than distraught this week over the current political situation.  And yet, in the meantime, my strong suspicion is that not one single one of my six grandsons has even taken notice! 

The reason is obvious.  With ages ranging from four days to four years, none of them fret and worry over any such matters.  Nor do they need to.  What they do need to do is what have been doing all along – which is to trust implicitly in their parents and grandparents, all of whom in return have zealously loved, protected, provided, and cared for them, and will continue to do just the same.

As I have reflected on all of these matters, I have been reminded that I, too, have spent an awful lot of time in my life fretting and worrying about the things of this world.  And yet, in truth, I now realize that I never should have!  Why?  Because I too have a Heavenly Father Who always has, and Who always will, address these issues on my behalf! 

He, and He alone, has promised to love, protect, provide, and care for me.  And the more I grasp that promise, the more and more I choose to trust in Him and him alone.  As a result, the less and less I choose to fret and worry; and therefore, the more and more I choose to reside peacefully in His reassuring embrace!

For this reason, I choose to affirm what the Apostle Paul said (in his Second New Testament Letter to Timothy, chapter 1, verse 12) “I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.” 

In short, I have elected to place my trust in my Heavenly Father, believing that He, and He alone, will take care of me; that He, and He alone, will meet my every need; and that He, and He alone, will therefore rightfully see me safely through to another world – one in which the cares, fears, and realities of this present world will be forgotten and no longer be of any concern!

Now, I do not know what sort of week you have had.  Maybe it started out all “rosy red” and then ended up “bluer than blue”.  Or perhaps it was just the opposite.  Either way, I want to assure you that God is still on His throne!  Neither His power nor His authority has been subverted.  Nor has His Divine will!  And He will fulfill His promise to you meet your every need!

In closing, I leave you with the question that Jesus, Himself, once asked His disciples:  “Why do you worry?”   Of course, you, and you alone, are capable of answering any such question!

SCRIPTURE SOURCES:
https://biblehub.com/2_timothy/1-12.htm; and
https://biblehub.com/matthew/6-28.htm.

Comments are closed.

    Cleo E. Jackson, III

    Occasionally I will add
    a few thoughts to my blog. If you find them inspirational, I will be
    honored.

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    August 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    March 2010
    February 2010

    Categories

    All