this race / there's no first place / at all

therefore do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry about itself.
each day has enough trouble of its own.
matthew 6:34

i feel like god has implanted that verse into my head. matthew 6 has come up--in conversation, in studies, in sermons, in prayers--an uncanny number of times, ever since that day after trials last year: i flicked my bible open in a mood of despair, and that chapter came up. god blessed. god sent.

a little while ago we had a discussion bible study, where we got to grill two visiting moore college students. a chance to bring up any questions or comments. i'm not sure how, but yet again matthew 6 surfaced, fought its way past all the other verses and books and jumped into the middle of the discussion. one of the students said something that has really challenged me this term.

"i think it's easy to forget that worrying is a sin."

now: exams. and i am not stressed at all. partly because they are still a week away. but mainly coz the minute i start to feel a twinge of anxiety in my stomach or start thinking through the prospect of--shock--getting a credit, god just goes, all matter-of-factly, echoing in me, duuude. what are you doing? don't you think i've got it under control? whatchu doing girl?



sounds gracing my eardrums: what if, coldplay