Needing

I'm going to have another go at this because I think it is worth doing.

I do not believe my struggle is a struggle of faith exactly. I think it is a struggle of definition. I believe that God is completely capable of providing for all of my needs - physical, spiritual and emotional. The struggle is that some times I am left in need. The question for me then is what does this mean? NOT - Why does God allow this to happen, or HOW could he, or even DID he? But what does this mean to my definition of faith?
Jesus said very clearly as Rachell pointed out in her comment - don't worry, I got it covered. But because Jesus said those words, knowing full well that some of the people who were listening to them would suffer from violence and hunger and nakedness, I have to assume he wasn't saying, "I'll take care of your physical needs."
Now, of course I understand that in the BIG scheme of things our souls are the true essence of who were are and what God is working at, and has redeemed, but I still believe he loves us in our bodies and cares about the needs of our bodies. So all of this leaves me at the place where I am asking, really, what is my response to my need supposed to be? How am I to pray in my neediness? What do I mean when I say I have faith that God will provide? What am I expecting him to provide?

I am so used to thinking of my faith journey as linear, with a beginning, middle and desired end. But I've been here before, so many times. I do take comfort in the fact however, that every time I come back to these questions I feel the weight of the layers of experience anchoring me down, holding me firm, drawing me deeper. And that's good.