I went to bed anxious last night. I woke up the same way. A heaviness and sadness was on me. But God has shown up in countless ways today to encourage me. Through various songs, through various people, through various scripture, and through various readings he has shown himself.
Just a few of them:
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." – Phillipians 4:6-7 NIV
“Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am.” Phillipians 4:12 The Message
“You have no idea of where God is going to engineer your circumstances, no knowledge of what strain is going to be put on you either at home or abroad, and if you waste your time in over-active energies instead of getting into soak on the great fundamental truths of God's Redemption, you will snap when the strain comes; but if this time of soaking before God is being spent in getting rooted and grounded in God on the unpractical line, you will remain true to Him what ever happens.” Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, Oct 19
Now I’m about to go to bed again, and my source of anxiety hasn’t disappeared, but I don’t carry the anxiety. My God does, and I’m happy.
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