Don’t have enough to worry about? Let me add falling iguanas to the list. The recent cold snap in the eastern US prompted this recent article. “As residents across the Gulf Coast and Southeast experience significant drops in temperatures, experts say there's a chance iguanas could drop from trees. Through at least Jan. 12, widespread temperatures 12-25 degrees Fahrenheit below typical of early January are projected to expand across much of the central and eastern United States…This sudden cold snap brings with it an unusual hazard: cold-stunned iguanas falling from trees. These cold-blooded reptiles become immobile and can lose their grip on branches when temperatures drop below their tolerance threshold…Once the temperature drops below the mid-40s, iguanas go into a dormant or cold-stunned state and sometimes fall out of trees where they go to sleep. They appear to be dead, but they are not. They remain breathing with critical body functions still operating…When fully grown, iguanas can be up to 5 feet long and weigh up to 25 pounds. Such large lizards falling from trees can cause injury to unaware humans who don't normally prepare for raining reptiles.”*
I doubt that Jesus was ever concerned about falling iguanas but He did have something to say about worry. A significant section of His teaching in the sermon on the mount is devoted to cautioning His followers to avoid worry and anxiety (Matthew 6:34). When He explained His parable about the soils, He targeted worry as one of the thorns that can choke the growth of the Word in our lives (Matthew 13:33). The apostles of Christ mirror the attitude of their Master toward worry. Paul instructed the Phillipian church to give up their anxieties and turn to prayer instead (Phillipians 4:6). Peter invites his readers to cast all their worries on God instead of trying to carry them on our own (1 Peter 5:7).
I suppose this biblical advice would apply to falling iguanas if you lived where that was a problem.
God loves you!
Mike
*https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/falling-iguana-alert-amid-cold-temperatures-in-florida/1730875
