Do Not Worry

Do not worry for your life,

What you'll eat or drink or wear;

Is not life much more important

Than these things that cause you care?

See the birds-they sow and reap not,

Nor in barns do store away.

Yet your heav'nly Father feeds them;

Have you not more worth than they?

And why worry about clothing?

See the lilies' glad array;

Solomon in all his splendor

Never dressed as fine as they.

This is how God clothes the grasses,

Though their life is but a day.

Will He not much more meet your needs?

Let your faith not fade away.

So I tell you, do not worry,

Asking what you'll eat or drink.

Nor be anxious about clothing-

These are things that all men seek.

And your Father knows you need them;

Worry won't command His power.

Which of you by constant fretting

Adds to life a single hour?

Seek first, then, your Father's kingdom

And His righteousness on high.

All these things will then be given;

God will not neglect your cry.

So fret not about tomorrow;

God directs the future, too.

Though each day will bring its troubles,

Trust in Him-He'll see you through.