I got a haircut last week, same place I always get a haircut. It is not one of those fancy salons. I do not have much hair left after the meds took over, so I cannot see myself paying a lot of money for a haircut that usually takes about five minutes.
The haircut for seniors was $11 about three months ago. Last week it was $14. I am not particularly good at math, but I think that is about 27 percent increase. 27 percent! It made me question what surprises the next three months will hold. So much uncertainty!
Inflation is on the rise; everything costs more than it did a year ago. Unfortunately, for many of us, salaries are not keeping pace. As I look ahead, I see rising medical costs, and our income going down as I leave the church at year’s end. It has been difficult not to worry about how we will meet our expenses. Yet, I know, not just from God’s Word but from past experience that worry does nothing good.
Matthew Chapter 6 ends with a series of thoughts on worry. Beginning in verse 28, Jesus tells his listeners three times, “Do not worry.”
“Therefore, I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on.” [v28 HCSB]
He tells them about the birds of the air that their heavenly Father feeds, and the lilies of the field that God has made glorious. He reminds them that those who do not know God worry about all such things, but for those who do know God and seek His Kingdom, all those things will be added to them. [vss 26-33]
Then Jesus ends this passage with the admonition, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” [vs 34 HCSB]
God has always made a way for us … and I am trusting Him to make a way once more.
