Colossians 1

One of my favorite passages of Scripture is Colossians 1. When I taught school in Indiana, my students (and I) memorized verses 9-17.

9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

11Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son:

14In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

16For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him:

17And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.

Verse 18 goes on to say, "And He is the head of the body, the church: Who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence."

He is so powerful, and His power and might and knowledge of what is to come is a huge comfort to this worry-wart Mommy. If He could create the world and every creature in it, He can take care of me and my family!