What, me worry?

Children of the sixties remember Mad Magazine, its trademark character Alfred E. Neumann, and his trademark catch-phrase, "What, me worry?" A similar message from the ultimate sane man is really helpful in today's uncertain economic climate:

Gökte uçan kuşlara bakın! Ne eker, ne biler, ne de ambarlarda yiyecek biriktirirler. Göksel Babanız yine de onları doyurur. Siz onlardan çok daha değerli değil misiniz?

And, a few words:

• bakın -- Look at! Behold! Consider!
• kuş -- bird
• çok daha -- very much more
• değerli -- precious, costly, valuable
• doymak -- to be full up, to be satisfied
  

İsa spoke of a God whose awareness and compassion extended even to the birds of the air. A God who lavished elegance upon the ephemeral lilies of the field. And are we not far more valuable to the One who takes note of every sparrow that falls?

Siz önce O'nun egemelıiğinin ve O'ndki doğruluğun ardınadan gidin, o zaman size tüm bunlar da verilecektir.

The exuberant goodness of the Creator should be reason enough for us to spurn our own pettiness, and "live large," in the light of His expansive generosity. "Every day above ground is a bonus," and as long as we are "on the clean side of the dirt," we have reason for gratitude.