hibernating inside, when it's a blizzard out there.

{out our window}

I am guilty of baking too much, being anti-social, and only driving to and from work these past few weeks. This weather {I know, I talk about the weather too much} is insane. Last week there was freezing rain, and this week it's a literal blizzard. At least the inversion is getting a little better from the snowfall. I can't keep up with the weather reports, because it's vastly different day to day. 

The main thing I don't like about this weather is the anxiety and stress it causes me. 

The thing that worries me the most is Brad commuting to and from work every day. He leaves early in the morning, and comes home late at night. Worry {particularly worrying about people} is something that I struggle with. I worry about Brad commuting, I worry about my college students in general, I worry about my friends and family... Yeah, it's a never-ending worry list. Worry is something that the Lord has been trying to take off my shoulders for a long time. It's a constant battle of me wanting to be in control of all situations and giving it all over to Jesus. He wants it, I'm just too selfish and stubborn. I know that life is not in my control, and I have nothing to worry about, but sometimes... It's all-consuming. I'm thankful that the Word is full of verses about "... DO NOT WORRY...." wisdom. As soon as I read those words in the Bible, I breath a little lighter and worry a whole lot less. He must have known that lots of people {in particular women.... {Nelson women}} would be worriers. I'm sure that it drives Him crazy every time I doubt His power and control over all things. Because it drives my husband crazy, so I'm sure it drives God even more crazy.

My verse for today is...

 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 than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look 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? 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

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

{Matthew 6:25-34}