Fear/Anxiety
Where Do I Run?
FEAR. It doesn’t trust easily. It wants to be the boss. It is impatient. It wants relief now. “You can’t blame fear for wanting a place of peace and rest, and wanting it fast. The odd thing is that fear and anxiety are running away from something, but they don’t know what to run to. Fear calls … Continue reading
Digging Deeper into Anxiety Clues
If you’re looking for a good book on anxiety (besides the Bible), I would highly recommend Edward T. Welch’s book, Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest. I’m reading through it for about the third time now and always come away encouraged, challenged, and more knowledgeable about my own fears and worries and how … Continue reading
Fighting to Trust
Why is it so difficult to trust the Lord sometimes? I feel like I’ve been in some new “level” of training this week–like I’ve already learned to trust the Lord in previous trials and situations, so He’s put me in a new situation to see if I’ll trust Him here, too. I went into the … Continue reading
Thankful for the Hard Things
Today’s Joy Dare: 3 hard eucharisteo “Everything is eucharisteo. Because eucharisteo is how Jesus, at the Last Supper, showed us to transfigure all things – take the pain that is given, give thanks for it, and transform it into a joy that fulfills all emptiness. This, is the hard eucharisteo. Lean into the ugly and whisper … Continue reading
What is in the future?
Edward T. Welch, a Biblical counselor and author, says that “worriers are false prophets.” They use the past to predict the future. If something bad happened in the past, it might happen in the future. Projecting negative images from the past onto the future, we feel anxious and afraid. We worry because we are trying to … Continue reading
Turn Your Eyes
“Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus” has been one of my all-time favorite hymns. In her book, Because He Loves Me, Elyse Fitzpatrick expands on this idea of turning your eyes away from yourself to focus on Christ and what He has done. She talks about how simple this act really can be. “The shifting of your eyes … Continue reading
Response: Faith or Fear?
“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs, and don’t forget to thank him for his answers. If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will keep your thoughts and your hearts quiet and at rest as … Continue reading