The Elephant in the room

Verse....   "I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?" or "What shall we wear?" For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."  Matthew 6:19-34





Thought for today....  As you start each new day, say to yourself, "each step of my way there is a protector by my side, holding my hand like a childhood friend."



Song....  




Poem.... 

There's an elephant in the room.




It is large and squatting, so it is hard to get around it.



Yet we squeeze by with, "How are you?" and "I'm fine," and a thousand other



forms of trivial chatter. We talk about the weather. We talk about work.



We talk about everything else, except the elephant in the room.







There's an elephant in the room.



We all know it's there. We are thinking about the elephant as we talk together.



It is constantly on our minds. For, you see, it is a very large elephant.



It has hurt us all.







But we don't talk about the elephant in the room.



Oh, please say his (her) name.



Oh, please say his (her) name again.



Oh, please, let's talk about the elephant in the room.







For if we talk about his (her) death, perhaps we can talk about his (her) life.



Can I say his (her) name to you and not have you look away?



For if I cannot, then you are leaving me....



alone....



in a room....



with an elephant.