It was an echo. A wave of emotion hit them, just like as if it was yesterday. Boom. They were right back there, experiencing the same thoughts and feelings. Sitting on that beach. Warm summer sun. Joyful sounds of children playing in the surf. Wafts of barbequed sausages coming from […]
Anxiety Relief
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Stop feeling overwhelmed by life’s “giants.” Learn how small, intentional actions and a simple problem-solving sheet can reduce anxiety. Do you ever feel that your problems are too huge to be solved? That the mountain is, or at least feels, unsurmountable. Past experiences can wire your brain to look […]
Look at the birds of the air. Break the “magnetic” grip of anxiety. Discover how looking at and considering nature can ground your brain in providence. Anxiety can be like a magnet. It can grab your attention and hold it in its grip. This energy of focus can exhaust […]
Our minds can feel like a monkey circus at times, but perhaps Psalm 121 can bring some quiet to our anxiety. Off went my thoughts. Every time I thought about this situation, my mind would take my thoughts on a meandering yet whirlwind dance. Monkeys swinging in the circus of […]
I worry about what’s ahead, but I have a shepherd who prepares a table before me, so I wait, trust and see. A friend recently sent a job offering to me. It was to come to a town called Echuca in Victoria Australia and be a snake catcher. Yes, […]
We can feel alone, but to have someone there with us helps. He watches over me even in the dark of night. It’s the comfort of having someone there. I know of a young man that has trouble getting to sleep. At times one of his parents has slept […]
Restless nights, anxious thoughts, and a longing for sleep, but it alludes us. ‘God, give me sleep’ you pray I’ve had times in my life where getting to sleep has been difficult. At other times, I would wake during the night and not be able to get back to […]
The stress load was too much to handle, but they knew what to do, so they took action and calmed the stress load down. It was just getting too much, and I could feel it in my body. This was the experience from last weekend when I had a […]
When your world is a mess, it may seem lonely, but God is always holding us. I am held by something far bigger than myself. Currently, you are travelling at a speed of about 1,000 miles (1600 kilometers) per hour. That is the speed of the rotation of the earth. You don’t […]
There will always be storms, but it’s how prepared you are is more the question. Prepare a shelter from the storm for yourself and those to come. There’s a storm coming. I can smell it. It’s a mental health storm, and it’s brewing to be a big one. A […]