calls him a liar. This makes us look like the pagans who do not know God (v. 30). Second, worry accomplishes nothing. It’s like an old rocking chair that gives us something to do, but gets us nowhere. Jesus said it won’t even add a single hour to your life. The figure of speech is literally, “It won’t add 18 inches to your life-span.” Mixing the metaphors of time and distance, we picture a man walking through life. He comes to the end. All his worry won’t even give him one more step. In fact, it’s