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Put The Remote Down

So this morning I had a typical anxiety attack.  It went like this: Everything is fine. WHAM! My skin is crawling, I can't breath and I need to run away. How did I respond?  I have learned through the decades the first thing I need to do is his pause.  No matter what I am doing I hit the pause button and stop.   Take a deep breath.  And then the self-talk starts. Ok.  I know what's happening.  It will be ok.   Say a quick prayer for my mind to clear so I can think. Sit down and journal.  Brain dump would be more accurate.  I write every single thing I remember thinking prior to the episode.  Everything.  Sometimes it will look like this: My mind is racing.  It won't stop.  I keep thinking about everything.  This morning I am overwhelmed by a sense of nothing is quite right.  Everything is off just a little.  The cabinet door is askew.  The windows are open but I see the cobweb undern...

A Spoonful of Sugar

We aren't supposed to make the Word palatable.  We are to develop a taste for it.  It's a two-edged sword, not a butter knife. When faced with something that is contradictory to our desires, wishes, likes, thoughts...do we just ignore the Word?  Do we dismiss it? That then begs the question...are we Christ followers or are we asking Jesus to follow us and pat us on the back to make us feel better?