[In case it is difficult for your to read, it says:
Good Morning!
This is God. I will be handling all your problems today. I will not need your help. So, relax and have a good day. - San Xavier - Tucson, Arizona]
It's a good reminder, particularly for those of us who are of the SJ temperament. We tend to worry — a lot. It's good to have a reminder like this around — for ME! I must remind myself often not to worry.
Jesus taught:
"... do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 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? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"
And how much pleasure in life do we lose when we are worrying about things that never happen or things we cannot control?
If I work like it all depends on me and trust as though it all depends on God, everything turns out well. It's true! It's the trusting part that is the clincher, so listen up.
Here's Ray's followup to the inscription on that tile:
"Good Evening!
This is God. Many of your problems did not turn out the way you wanted them to. Search for the meaning and purpose in the way they did turn out.
Good Night."
- Ray Lincoln -
Littleton, Colorado
So here's the trusting part. When things don't work out as "I" had planned, I try to remember to look for the miracle. Miracles are only identified in hindsight. So if I am trusting the One to cares the most for my welfare, there WILL be a better outcome than the one I had in mind. The outcome may even be miraculous!
