he cares for you.

This week a friend of mine has started some treatment in hospital. This is a pretty scary thing. I saw her on the weekend, she is a really strong and positive person, but she was scared. Trusting Jesus, but scared.

I got home and I was praying for her. This is what I felt the Lord say (and I messaged something similar to her) but I thought I would share with you. Maybe it's what you need to hear.

"Cast all your anxiety on him [Jesus] because he cares for you." 

1 Peter 5:7

I feel like sometimes casting anxiety to Jesus is difficult because we forget the fact that he cares for us. It feels like a chore, another thing that we need to do but don't have the energy for. We think we need to 'do' rather than 'be'. He cares for you like you care for your children (or you were cared for as a child), but even greater. You are his child! Rest in that. Resting in Jesus' arms, in his presence (even amongst the fear and the busy-ness) is how we give him our anxiety, and it changes us. Do you know that he cares for you?

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