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. My husband was out of town, we had multiple late nights, plus navigating a one car situation. I look around. I see the kitchen table decorated with chunky crumbs, puddles of liquid, and unknown sticky substances. Shoes, papers, stencils, library books all spewed in the living room in random places. I turn to the kitchen and see 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. The week had been crazy and my house reflected that. I still had non cleaning tasks to attend to. Anxiety was not just creeping in, it was suffocating. I had to face a late night of cleaning after an unexpected week. Life had gotten a bit out of hand, and I desperately needed something...