I almost missed a very important message yesterday.
It was after our worship service and after our
fellowship meal.
The ladies were seated around a table in the
fellowship hall and I was distracted
with preparations for Christmas Caroling.
A fellow who is a friend of one of our
regular attenders had hopes of
using his newly learned guitar skills
while ministering to a local
retirement community.
So he stopped into church to run through
some of the music with me.
We were having a great time when
one of the ladies asked if I was coming to
the study.
Now, I had every intention of taking a pass
on it to continue with the music
but for some reason
I changed my mind and we wrapped up
our little music session.
Am I ever glad I did.
We ladies are studying a book by
Linda Dillow
called
Calm My Anxious Heart.
Calm My Anxious Heart.
We had arrived at a chapter that spoke to
the root of anxiety and worry.
It came right out and called it sin.
Gasp!
So often we justify our anxious thoughts
as legitimate concerns.
We fret and stew on them until we make
ourselves miserable or sometimes even ill.
Major themes that came out of our
discussion yesterday
were:
Holding our thought captive.
Knowing that God is Sovereign.
That it makes no sense to try to solve it first...
before turning to Him for help.
Learning to recognize His answers to prayer
as Yes, No or Wait.
It was a power packed hour.
With my Chelsea preparing to leave for
Australia next year I have had more
than my share of anxious thoughts.
Many of you know that she deals with
Anorexia.
At one point we told her that her chances of
getting to go were about 25%
because she was struggling to maintain
her weight.
Now,
she has released her food anxieties and
is steadily gaining the necessary and required
weight. This is great for her but
for just a little while I was breathing easier
in thinking that I wasn't going to have to say
goodbye to her for those five months.
God put these lessons right in my path at a perfect time.
For, as Chelsea works to get physically ready for
such a challenging endeavor,
I will have time to prepare my heart and
get practiced in taking my thoughts captive.
Always turning to Him
for the needed
strength and peace.
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Thank you for this post. Exactly what I need to hear.
Sandi
Thank you for sharing this. Will be checking out this book! =)
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Thank you for reminding us all about an issue I'm sure we all struggle with from time to time. :)
I loved it. Very insightful, and it brings a point home for me. Thank you for sharing.