My Bible Reading

Today we had Friday School. We belong to a homeschool group that meets on Fridays to share some of the special skills the parents have. I teach a class on ASL, American Sign Language. I also spend most of my time in the nursery watching the babies and the youngest toddlers. This is also a Christian group, so part of our weekly routine is for a volunteer parent to read a small selection from the Bible and share some thoughts about it. I signed up back at the beginning of this semester to do a reading for today. I have been long pondering on the passages of Matthew 6:25-34, about God feeding the birds of the sky and clothing the flowers of the field and that we are far more important and precious to Him than these. I find that when I get overwhelmed by the "big picture" of life, I am reminded of this passage that tells me to take a step back, focus on the here and now, and try to be the me that God made me to be and wants me to become. I don't have to worry about the big picture, I simply need to do the next right step starting right where I am. It's nice to know more about where I'm going, with bigger goals, but as I am easily overwhelmed by such things, I need to work more on putting my future and the future of my family into the hands of God and just focus on my little part that I need to do right now. I work on not worrying about next year, next month, or even tomorrow, I work on being in communion with God.