9/21/2022
Anxiety, pressed down and dissected apart, is worry. It is a care or concern for something to the extent that it pricks our soul. It is taking thought to something to the point that it is encumbering our mind. Anxiety causes fear, sorrow, fret, and dread because we believe that God will not care for our situation appropriately. We could minimize it, call it little faith. It is a spiritual battle, but it has roots digging deep in our soul-experiences and health roots forging deep, limbic rising into our daily heartbeats refusing to be ignored.
But here’s the deal-even though anxiety is very real, it doesn’t have to be your home. Worry and Fret don’t get the final say, you do. And that 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹. Get assistance and work through what is causing your anxiety. There’s absolutely no shame in getting help for a medical issue-no shame at all. It may be one of the biggest gifts you can offer yourself-benefits extending beyond yourself, because anxiety will attempt to shadow joy.
Anxiety in your soul says such things as: "I can't stop thinking about this." "I'm stressed out!" "𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝-𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚." And 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁-𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗜𝗦 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵, 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩.
“𝖠𝗇𝗑𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗒 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇’𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗐𝖾𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖺 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗀𝗅𝖺𝖽.”
-𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘀 𝟭𝟮:𝟮𝟱
