“Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you.” – 1 Peter 5:7 (NLT)
I’m sitting here, just finished eating lunch, and am researching some religious stuff that one of my non-believing friends has gotten into. It’s been on my mind most of the morning…. In other words, a pretty normal day for me. The idea struck me as I sit here that many of us are in the same boat on a fairly regular basis.
1. We have routines.
2. We have cares. (distractions)
3. Our cares often overlap our routines.
It’s funny how often we believe that we are intentional in our routines. We often ignore the overlap of work and our cares. For instance, I can be at work and realize that my mind hasn’t been on my task for ages and yet got a bunch done. I can also get insanely distracted with tasks during times I want to give to thought and prayer.
Many of today’s youth are drowning in their emotions to the point of utter distraction, and many are so fun and hobby focused that they are ignorant of the the empty cares the world IS forcing on them. In other words, either cares or responsibilities is often crowding the other out. Holding these two in balance is a learned discipline. The Bible contains stories of many men and women that keep a God focus in the middle of tremendous cares and incredible responsibility. Peter said that God cares about what happens in our day to day, big or small. Our loving God would have us submit our actions and cares to Him. He is intimately involved with our lives and no detail is small enough for Him to overlook.
I pray that parents will shepherd their kids hearts to take their cares to The Lord, even right in the middle of the day-to-day.
