Trusting God

Quote from a book I am reading China Ghosts, by Jeff Gammage. The author and his wife have adopted an infant girl that is now four. They are planning a trip back to China.

"When her Mom and I explain to Jun Yu where we were going and what we would do, she responded with a wounding question: would she be coming back with us, or would we be leaving her in China?"

I immediately thought of how God has promised us that he will never leave us and always take care of us, and how we have such a tough time trusting in Him. Didn't He guarantee that we have been adopted into His love through Jesus Christ? (Eph 1:5) Hasn't he promised that he will never leave us or forsake us? (Deuter 31)

Yet I have such a tough time relying on Him.

"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?" - Mattthew 6:25-26