Anxiety

I wanted to share something I read from a friends blog post. It was amazing the timing of when I read it and all that was happening with Danae. It basically has become an almost daily reading for me!

I have been stressing about finances, whether Danae's eye will need to be worked on again, and also just the stuff of daily life. What a wonderful reminder this is. Thanks Megan!

I hope it blesses some of you as well.


“Some of you are perplexed with a multitude of anxieties about your life.
You do not know what to do.
One plan was suggested, and for a time it seemed the best action.
But now you have doubts. You are bewildered and you cannot see Providence’s clue.
You are lost in a maze...

You have tried various ways and methods to escape your present difficulty.
But you have been disappointed and are distracted.
Your thoughts have no order; they drag you in opposite directions.
The currents meet and twist as if you were in a whirlpool.

My perplexed friend, remember the children of Israel at the Red Sea.
The sea was before them, rocks were on either side,
and the cruel Egyptians roared in the rear. Imitate Israel’s actions.
‘Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord,
which He will accomplish for you today’ (Ex. 14.13)
You reply, ‘I cannot be quiet. I am agitated, perturbed, perplexed, tossed, and distracted.
What shall I do?’

‘In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul’ (Ps. 94.19)
Turn your eyes to the deep things of God.
Cease from an anxious consideration of seen things, which are temporary,
and gaze by faith on things that are eternal.

Remember your way is ordered by a higher power than your will and choice.
The eternal God has fixed your every step.
All things are fixed by the Father’s hand.
He who loved us from before the foundations of the world
has immutably determined every step of our pilgrimage.

It is a blessed thing,
after you have been muddling and meddling with your anxieties,
to throw your burdens on the Lord and leave them there.”
Charles Haddon Spurgeon | Beside Still Waters

According to Wyatt

This was a conversation sparked by PJ telling him that before he was married he did not have children.

"Mommy, I am going to take the rings down to Lauren (he is the ring bearer with JJ), give them to her, and then she will have lots of babies."


Another conversation about sin.

"How did Jesus not sin?" Because He was God's son. "But what about when he was mad?" He had self-control, Buddy. "What about when he screamed?" I guess he never screamed with a bad attitude. "What if someone took his toys?" Well honey, he must have just shared his toys with a good attitude. "Probably He did not have any motorcycles." "And probably He did not have any Annie's" What do you mean He had no Annie's? "If he had a Annie, he would have screamed at her."


Talking about Adam and Eve.

"Mommy, Adam was scared of God so he hid." Yes Buddy, Adam and Eve were sad and scared that they ate the fruit and disobeyed God, so they thought maybe they could hide from God. "If I hide from God, I am going to go under your bed." Why would you hide from God, honey? "Because I might eat lots of cookies later."