nothing vs. everything

 In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Phl 4:6

Yesterday I was able to talk with my handsome Uncle Stephen for a few minutes and he was asking if I was excited for my trip, I said yes but that I was also really anxious about leaving my family for 15 days. This is the verse he gave to me :) God always knows what to give me when I need it and always uses different people to do so. Uncle was telling me he did a word study on this verse, so I thought I'd do a little of the same. It is amazing how you can read a verse so differently every time you open your bible.

¹noth·ing

 pronoun \ˈnə-thiŋ\

: not anything : not a thing 

  something that does not exist 

:  not any thing :  no thing <leaves nothing to the imagination>

ev·ery·thing pronoun \ˈev-rē-ˌthiŋ

: every thing there is : all that exists

: all that is related to a particular subject

: all that is important

Be anxious in NOTHING....  not one tiny little thing. Not even that tiny crumb that just fell on the floor while the kids were eating and you have guests coming over!  

But in EVERYTHING by prayer and supplication.... ALL things! Even that tiny little crumb that fell on the floor while the kids were eating and you have guests coming over!  

Sometimes it blows my mind that God cares about it all. EVERYTHING!   Sometimes I get worried over the tiniest most insignificant stuff known to man kind and He cares about it because I care about it. Not even my own husband cares about those things!  (LOVE my hubby)

The other day Marek got hurt and I kissed his owie and he was fine again and ran off to play and I just sat there so overwhelmed with emotion that while I am gone for 15 days I won't be able to kiss his boo boos!  That's how my brain and heart have been lately so overwhelmed with joy for this trip and then all of a sudden I'm in a panic over little things. My children are so blessed to have a mommy and  a daddy who love them all to pieces and do anything and everything to move mountains for them. I keep reminding myself that while I am gone for those 15 days without MY babies owies to kiss better, I will be able to kiss someone else's babies owies all better. I cannot wait to get to the orphanage to love on all those kids and share His love and and tell them that they have a Father who cares about EVERYTHING.

I'm sure I will still have my freak outs over the next 30 days and probably a few while I'm gone. But I take comfort in knowing that my Father will be taking care of my family back home.