Baby Duty
This Week's Theme: Facing Our Fears
Thursday, April 5, 2001
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Key Bible Verses: Do not be anxious about anything
the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7).
Bonus Reading:
My wife, Andrea, and I were taking our turn at what I call "baby duty" in the church nursery.
She does the diaper changes, I hold the babies when they are clean. It's my idea of a fair division of labor.
But one morning one of the babies I was holding wouldn't quiet down. He was fussy, thrashing around. I'd rock him, I'd pat, I'd sing, but to no avail. I thought, "If only this baby would realize that we are looking after him. If only he would stop struggling and be calm. If only .
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That night I could not get to sleep. Why not? A problem that I knew I couldn't work on until the next day anyway was working on me then. I'd fret, I'd fuss, I'd thrash around.
Andrea woke and went right to the heart of the matter. "Why pray," she asked sardonically and not too sympathetically, "when you can worry?"
She was right, of course.
I began to visualize myself in the care of the Father. He knows what I need. He is telling me, "Relax, I've got you."
In some ways I'm still in a spiritual nursery. I've still got a lot to learn.
Roger C. Palms
Respond:
What concerns are you hanging on to that you need to give to God? Ask God to help you to relax in His care for you.
Thought to Apply:
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.
William R. Inge (English educator)
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You watch over me, Father. Help me let go of my desire for control and rest in Your goodness.
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