DANGER

The anxieties of the week: grocery store stickers on fruit and crossing bridges.

There was a child who ate, along with their fruit, the sticker that is on fruit and it created an infection. The news about this spread across the country within a day. DANGER when eating fruit. Every parent was instructed to immediately remove the stickers from the fruit as soon as they unpacked their groceries.

And then later this week was the tragedy of the bridge collapsing in Minneapolis during rush hour. Many people were injured and some have died. Immediately the news agencies were questioning the safety of every bridge around the country.

Obviously, these concerns are real. We should have compassion for those who have suffered. The anxiety around these things and the public awareness overload takes a greater toll on us, however. We are being trained to be anxious about everything; what we eat, what we wear, what we breathe, and where we drive. It is accurate to say that we are given "the anxiety of the week".

I don't want to live like that. There are many things around me that can potentially put me in danger. So much of it is random and out of my control. Jesus said something about do not be anxious about life in an unpredictable world and seek the unexpected presence of God. I think that I would rather do that.