“Anxiety to Peace” Blog #154
Depressed, worried, anxious, can I beat it?
Daily feeling I face impossible situations all alone?
How CAN I turn anxiousness into peace inside me?
In the midst of all my daily struggles how often was I tempted to panic, yet gave way to
artificial means to keep it at bay. My own life looking back, had always been filled with dark
dilemmas. However, in the past few years I have taken to heart the importance of
“balancing my day” so I do not give in to stress, anxiety or panic attacks.
I acknowledge this fact now: God has me solid in the palm of HIS hand.
I DO NOT EXPERIENCE anything I cannot handle. God never gives me more than I can
handle. DAILY I LIVE MY LIFE IN COMPLETE CONFIDENCE I THRIVE IN HIM.
However there is a caveat to all of this: **
** IF I purposefully choose to DO IT ALONE, go my life alone without GOD, IF I deliberately
push the envelope so to speak. Defying all awareness GOD IS HERE TO HELP ME, I am alone,
all alone. I AM ON MY OWN because I DEMAND IT. ATTRACTING THE WRONG SITUATIONS, I
ATTRACT THE WRONG PEOPLE AND NOW WALK DOWN A DARK PATH.
A great rule to remember is this:
EACH AND EVERY PERSON IS GIVEN F R E E W I L L. GOD HELPS ME WHEN I ASK FOR GODS HELP
AND WANT HIS HELP AND PRAY FOR HIM TO BE IN MY DAILY LIFE
Knowing all this, immediately I am at peace. Peace defeats anxiety WHEN I trust HE has my
back. The biggest part of anxiety and stress is living too far ahead of myself. What will
happen tomorrow? what about the next week? What will I do when all else fails? and on
and on…… overthinking gets worse, worry does not stop! Sleep does not occur. Lying in
bed, toss and turn, running from one situation to the next as hours tick slowly by. ONLY
possible to live TODAY. As I look back, I remember a specific time when the build up of all
“my stress” made me go to see a therapist. So many life stressors were causing me to no
longer feel in control of my own emotions. My mother had been killed, a trial was coming
up, my marriage was in shambles. Difficulty going to work, not being able to sleep and
nowhere to turn for money was creating more darkness. Never could I sell enough houses
to pay the debt mounting around me.
I had always been confident my greatest strength was my ability to “sell a house just right
for someone”. Now lately I was second guessing myself and driving down the freeway
wanting to scream. I had never in my life felt this way. Even worse, I was no fan of
medication so going it alone (with the exception of a few drinks at night) was the norm for
me. Now however, I had to do something! My mounting stress each day, constant bills
and more problems … I wanted to just hide out in my bed! As I pulled into a parking space
and walked into this therapists office, I remember thinking “nothing can really help me at
this point, why did I come? I need to just get back to work!” I remember how comfortable
his office was. There’s also an aura about this man, I always believed certain people give
off a powerful light when “they appear very balanced”. This therapist seemed to radiate
just that. I looked around the room. Amazed at how relaxed immediately I felt in this
warm, inviting, safe place. A big mahogany desk with papers in place. An overstuffed, tan
leather chair rocked slowly back and forth, as he sat behind his desk. White hair, a dark
woolen sweater over a button down shirt reflected a soft smile creasing the lips as this
man motioned for me in to sit down. I chose one of the two velour wing back chairs with a
round table in the midst. A bible sat open in the middle of the table.
“So how are you today?” he smiled. Not the least bit intimidating, we started a very real
conversation and I shared a brief history of my painful past. “Stress is a great teacher”, he
said. Then going on to share the ten most stressful things occurring in a persons life that
can push someone over the top. In one way or another, he told me I hit at least five or
more of them. Smiling this wonderful little old man kept talking and I found myself hanging
on his every word. Softly he spoke, “do you find yourself with lingering worry, what might
happen next and anxious at every turn?” I sat quietly nodding my head up and down. He
kept right on speaking and smiling, saying to me, “Well young lady, IF you feel defeated,
YOU ARE!” I cannot help you with your unbelief. I can only help you with your CORE belief. At
your core, YOU WILL discover YOU. Can you accept you are a child of GOD? I smiled and
said I was a Christian at heart, “Well, then,” he said. “We are half way home!” Your anxiety
will now turn to acceptance. HIS will is now in your life. Any force against you seeming
impossible, just see HIM. Just for today. Stay with TODAY. Close your eyes now and give it
ALL TO HIM.”
Taking a deep breath, I did just that. ..quite remarkably that was how it all happened.
CLOSING MY EYES, I HANDED OVER ALL MY ANXIOUS GRIEF TO HIM. Instantly a feeling of relaxed
peace came. The heaviest load was LIFTED! I handled one day at a time……
I go forward because I feel HIS power, sending super natural energy taking away anxiety.
The secret was I found I did NOT have to go alone. Once I was told this was a LIE. I will
never go backwards again. My life changed instantly. JESUS took away the anxiety and
replaced it with the PEACE of GOD that passeth all understanding and safe guards my
heart and my mind and my being forevermore.
Can I let go of anxiety today and bring peace into my life now?
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