Not Worrying

We are having some financial trouble lately. The amazing thing is that I'm not really worried about it. Don't get me wrong, I am constantly looking for a job, but that is all I can do. Knowing that I am doing everything I can do makes me feel better because, then, I just have to give God control over the results of my searching. I know that God is going to provide, somehow! He is faithful and He will take care of us one way or another. So, that is my comfort everyday! God will provide! We still have to do our part, but then it's in His hands.

Lost Sheep

“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander away? In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father’s will that even one of these little ones should perish.”

Matthew 18:12-14

I’ve really been searching my heart about things lately. What parts of my heart are good and what parts are evil? When it comes to lost people, I tend to judge them by what they do. I know people who are generally good people and I know some who are not. I have more compassion on those I consider good than I do for those I don’t. It’s as if I feel that the good ones are more worthy to be saved.

However, this scripture says that it is not God’s will for anyone to perish. It should not matter to me what anyone has done or not done. God wants all of us with Him. He wants murderers with Him just as much as those who do good deeds. I have read this scripture so many times, but I still fail to look at everyone the way God does. This doesn’t mean that there shouldn’t be consequences to people’s actions, but I should be more heartbroken about the fact that they are lost than I am.