and dwelt among us
within her
within me
in the flicker of shadow on a glimmering leaf
man is as grass
he flowers and fades
all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field
7 the grass withers and the flowers fall
what is man that You care for him
mortal man
that you are mindful of him
man that is merely a breath
whose life fades like a shadow
and yet He is with us
wants us with Him
for all eternity
He plumbs the depths and penetrates the heart
their innermost being He understands
He searches and knows me
my resting
my rising
when I walk
when I lie down
before a word is on my tongue
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea
even there shall You lead me
even there shall You hold me
“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life,
what you will eat or what you will drink;
nor about your body, what you will put on.
Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds of the air,
for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns;
yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not of more value than they?
Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
“So why do you worry about clothing?
Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Now if God so clothes the grass of the field,
which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,
will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
“Therefore do not worry, saying,
‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
For after all these things the Gentiles seek.
For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
But seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be added to you.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry about its own things.
Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."
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