Aug.05.03: Light For The Day -  "God Cares for You" -- 1 Peter 5:7 (NIVUS) "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." ---------------------- Who of us has not asked in times of affliction and difficulty - does God care for me? The Psalmist said, "... Refuse failed me; no man cared for my soul" (Ps. 142:4 kjv).  Martha, over-concerned with her workaday duties, said to Jesus,  "Lord, do You not care?" How many faithful, loving mothers, overwhelmed by the burdens of motherhood, have cried anxiously, "Lord, do You not care?" That question is forever answered in those reassuring words of Peter:  "He cares for you" (1Pet. 5:7). This is the Word of God. Even if the world passes away it will not change. You can be confident God cares for you. If He didn't, would He have sent Christ into the world to die for you? Of course not! That is why you can always turn to Him for the strength and encouragement you need. Yes, life can be overwhelming at times. But when it is, remember this: God knows what you are facing, and "He cares for you." -- Billy Graham -------------------------------- -- Isaiah 49:15, 16 (NIVUS) "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! 16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me." -- Psalms 55:22  "Cast your cares on the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous fall." -- Nahum 1:7  "The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him."