Matthew 6:25-34

²⁵ “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? ²⁶ Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? ²⁷ Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? ²⁸ “And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, ²⁹ yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. ³⁰ And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?
 ³¹ “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ ³² These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. ³³ Seek the Kingdom of God^[a] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
 ³⁴ “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.

This Season

Chill bumps blanketing my body from head to feet,

While I am traveling along the eastern sea.

Uncertain if they result from the gusting breeze,

Or developed from burden and anxiety.

Idealizing the future to the extent,

That I live out of the present, never content.

But why escape reality and live in dreams,

When before me lay the most breathtaking of scenes? 

Enveloping the shoreline the waves moving in,

Tipped with ashen lace, the most glorious of trim.

Lovelier than the most elaborate of crown,

As beautiful as a bride in her wedding gown.

Forever changing, never of a constant pace,

At times so furious, as if falling from grace.

Yet from grace they shall never escape, never fall,

For they have a given purpose, just as us all.

Turning to walk the path I once already took,

Enjoying the season as if it my first look.

Eyes finally open I distinguish a glint,

The tooth of a shark lay in my former imprint.