Don't You Care?

"Lord, don't you care?"

Martha said it...  when all the demands started to make her feel overwhelmed. The long to-do list of running a household, taking care of her family, entertaining guests.   "But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" (Luke 10.40)

The disciples said it... when the storm felt too big, too strong, and they feared they would be overtaken. "A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.  
Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, 'Teacher, don't you care if we drown?'" (Mark 4.37-38)

And most of us at some point or another have probably said it.  When all the demands press down on us. When the storm raged around us.  When we feel buried under our worries.  Leaving us overwhelmed, tired, confused.

"Lord, don't you care?"

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"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." (1 Peter 5.7)

Yes, He cares.

Even when you feel lost and alone.  He's there. When it feels hopeless. He's working it out for good.

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Romans 8.28)

Take your eyes off the circumstances.  Stop focusing on the many things. Stay focused on the One thing that matters.  The One who can quiet the storms.

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The Little Things

Some time ago I wrote a post called "Ain't Nobody Got Time for That" about how we view some things as "big" problems, and some things as "small" problems, but God doesn't prioritize. He always cares about what is going on with us.

Apparently, I didn't get it.  There was still more for me to learn.

I know this, because I still find myself doing it. Thinking of things as either big, significant, important - or - small, insignificant, unimportant, no big deal. I still constantly find myself having to remember that those labels are placed there by me - not God.

We all know God cares about the hurting, the sick, those with financial strains, broken families, the depressed, the desperate.   But He cares just as much for the healed, the healthy, the financially sound, the happy families, the joyful, the fulfilled.  He just cares.  About all of us.  All. Of. Us.  No matter what our circumstances.

He cares if I am stressed out about my pile of dirty laundry, or the stack of dishes in the sink.  Whether I am grocery shopping or finishing a project.  Even these things I can bring to Him.  He feels my stress and wants to replace it with his peace.

Whatever is on your heart or mind today.  Whatever burden you're carrying - even the one that seems so small compared to the one someone else has on their shoulders.  You can bring all of it to Jesus.  He cares.  He loves us.  And He wants to take that burden from you.
 

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Ain't Nobody Got Time For That

 You know me... I'm a list maker.  I have a running To-Do list.  Things I need to take care of.  Some of them are things that absolutely have to get done TODAY.  Some need to get done sometime this week.  And some are just little things that can get done whenever I get around to it.

We all make our priorities everyday.  We label our duties, and our problems - are they BIG things... or small things.

We may even find ourselves doing this in our spiritual life.  Praying and asking God for His help with the things we think of as BIG.  But trying to handle the things we see as small on our own.

But guess what...

There are no big problems or small problems to God!

There is nothing so big that God can't carry it for us.  Nothing so huge we can't bring it and lay it at the foot of the cross.

Just as there is nothing so small that it will go unnoticed.  Got never says "I don't have time to deal with your little thing right now because I'm working on bigger priorities".

Yes, He might make us wait for a resolution because the time isn't right.  Or because we have a lesson to learn from what we are dealing with.  Or maybe because of where the trial is taking us.

But God doesn't ever not have time for us.  He always sees what we are struggling with.  He doesn't see it as insignificant.

He always cares. And if we take it to Him - He will help us get to the other side.