Anxiety and a Good Word
"Anxiety in the hear of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad." Proverbs 12:25 One night as I rushed my kids off to bed past their usual bedtime, I sat immobile in my easy chair. I look around. I see Food fragments, crumbs, a puddle of water and unknown sticky substances colored the kitchen table. Shoes, papers, stencils, library books all spewed in the living random places. dishes piled up so high you can barely see over it. Stove caked with old food, half empty pots of beans, counter tops overlaid with everything you can think of. That was just the house. I still had non cleaning tasks to attend to. Anxiety was not just creeping in, it was suffocating me. I said a prayer and somehow forced myself to walk to my room and read in a Bible promise book. It's earmarked on my favorite section titled :"Jesus Is your Sufficiency" I needed him to be my sufficiency in that moment. I read through it once. And slowly, the tension subsided. I now had truth...