To Be Still and Know

I am going to let you in on a little secret of mine.  It's something I have lived with for as long as I can remember but I didn't know exactly what it was called until five or so years ago.  I discovered that the feelings I carried around since I was a child had a name and that I wasn't alone in these feelings. That secret is ANXIETY.  I live every day of my life with general anxiety.  It's not just worrying or fretting about situational things as many people tend to think when they hear this word.  No, it goes so much deeper and influences every thought, feeling, action and reaction.  I read somewhere recently, and try as I may I cannot remember where I read this, that anxiety is the backdrop to every emotion you have, when you struggle with anxiousness.  How very deeply this resonated with me.  No matter how happy I am, or how good things are going in my life, there is always, ALWAYS, anxiety in some corner of my mind worrying about this or that, or what could come ne

"Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works."  Hebrews 10:24 My heart has been broken by all the stories of hate and bullying I hear both in the news and in my own community and on a more personal level, directed at my children.  None of this is new.  Cruelty has been around since sin entered the world in the garden of Eden.  It comes in many forms.  It comes in the obvious forms we hear about on the news and see in inflammatory comments on social media but it also comes in more subtle forms, of which we are all guilty of at some point in time. Think about the last time you spoke badly about someone to another person?  That just plants seeds of no good in other peoples mind regarding the person you were speaking about.  When was the last time you posted a rant on social media about how someone treated you badly or did you wrong?  Remember two wrongs don't make a right.  When was the last time you got an attitude with a customer service r

" Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty work within us, to accomplish more than we might ask or think."  Ephesians 3:20 "Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your hearts desires...Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act.  Don't worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes."  Psalm 37: 4 & 7 What a truly amazing year 2016 was for us but that didn't come without years of struggle, praying and waiting.  As 2016 began my husband came to me and told me He felt that this was going to be the year we finally sold our house and moved.  See, we had tried to sell our small starter home twice before, coming so close the second time just to have it fall through at the last moment.  When he told me he felt God telling him this, I was skeptical to be honest.  I didn't want to once again get my hopes up just to be let down.  I couldn't see how it was going to be any different