casting cares

1 pierre 5:6-7
"humiliez-vous donc sous la puisante main de Dieu, afin qu'Il vous eleve en temps voulu. dechargez-vous sure lui de tous vos soucis, car Il prend soin de vous."

1 peter 5:6-7
"humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. cast all you anxiety on Him because He cares for you."

the greek for cast is "to hurl" which is pretty strong. how often do we cast our cares on God? i tend to hand them over gingerly. i think maybe i'm afraid to hurl them for fear of not being able to pick them back up later. like i'm comfortable with my cares. i want them close by sometimes because i've come to know them so well. but gosh, it's heavy at times. and surely God can care for them better than i. and surely there are better things for me to get cozy with.

practice casting.

serenity

i never update phos at work, but i have a few minutes to kill before i head to class, and i'm reading the serenity prayer (it's on a note card on my desk so i can look at it frequently). most people just refer to the first part, but the prayer in it's entirety is quite special, so i'll share.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change,
courage to change the things i can,
and wisdom to know the difference.
living on day at at time;
enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,
not as i would have it;
trusting that He will make all things right
if i surrender to his will;
that i may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
amen.

~reinhold niebuhr

i'd say that sums it up...