Don’t Sweat It

History reminds us: we have always lived with uncertainty. The ground shifts beneath our feet, nations rise and fall, and life can change in a heartbeat. In a world like this, it’s tempting to worry about everything, but Jesus teaches us, in effect, don’t sweat it—endure with faith and hope.

We feel it in our own time. The shouting in our politics grows louder, neighbors turn against neighbors, and the culture itself seems to tremble under the weight of division. We look around and wonder what still holds, what is true, what endures. And yet, across the centuries, faith has offered not an escape from the world’s shaking but a way to endure it—with hope, with courage, with trust.

One September morning, a father was driving his teenage son back to college. The GPS signaled a reroute, warning of heavy construction ahead, but the father waved it off. He knew a better way—his way. Before long they were stuck in miles of highway gridlock, creeping…