My friend
Marcia, the director of the Jamaica Christian School for the Deaf, recently
illustrated an important way to look at things. In a newsletter article she
titled “A Blessed Start,” she pointed out that for the first time in 7 years
the school began the new year with a surplus. And what was that surplus? A
thousand dollars in the bank? No. Enough school supplies for the year? No. It
was simply this: A month’s supply of food in the cupboard.
When
you’re in charge of feeding 30 hungry kids on a shoestring budget, that’s big!
She accompanied her note with this verse from 1 Chronicles 16:34, “Oh,
give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.”
Year
after year Marcia trusts God to provide for the children and staff at her
school. She never has much—whether it’s water or food or school supplies. Yet
she is always grateful for what God sends, and she is faithful to believe that
He will continue to provide.
As we begin a new year, do we have faith in God’s provision? To do so is to take our Savior at His word when He said, “Do not worry about your life . . . . Do not worry about tomorrow” (Matt. 6:25,34).
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. Corrie ten Boom (RBC)
