March 2 Bible readings

Have you ever felt God talking to you directly during the mass? Yes because I did. When I attended the mass I have felt the Lord speaking like it was prepared just especially for me. Wow! I mean talking about selfish but I have felt Him assuring me to never worry. He wanted me to believe in His words and that I should be hopeful. I should place my trust in Him. I want to remember the messages He spoke to me that night that's why I included the verses of the readings.

March 2, 2014

First reading: Isaiah 49:14-15

But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, my Lord has forgotten me."

"Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

 Psalms 62: 2 - 3, 6 – 9

He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly moved.

How long will you set upon a man to shatter him, all of you, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.

Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us.

Men of low estate are but a breath, men of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

Second reading: 1 Corinthians 4: 1 – 5

This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Moreover it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. I do not even judge myself.

I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his commendation from God.

Holy Gospel: Matthew 6: 24 – 34

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life?

And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin;

yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith?

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, `What shall we eat?' or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?'

For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.

"Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the

day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.

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To sum it all, God says to never worry because worrying is a sin. Worrying doesn't help and worrying will only bring trouble to our minds. God wants us to focus on the things that are important for today. Tomorrow is a new day and we should leave circumstances in the past and not carry them. God desires that we live each day one at a time. He wants us to fully live to know how blessed we are to be here on earth. Not everybody has that chance and we should do our best because God deserves it. He wants us to fulfill our purpose here by glorifying Him, loving Him and seeking His presence. God has planned a future full of hope for us and that we should never worry on what we'll eat, drink nor wear because it was all prepared before we were born. Praise God!