Fear

May 4, 2014 by 2 Comments

The fear is always there.  It lurks just below the surface prodding and pushing, demanding and dragging me places I don’t want to go.

I’m not afraid of death.

I’m afraid of life.

I’m afraid of waking up to a world I reject.  I’m afraid that the words ‘it won’t always be like this’ are hollow and void of any real power.  I’m afraid that the next bend in the road will lead me somewhere darker than death.  I’m afraid of being unknown, unwanted, rejected and alone.  I’m afraid that the next time someone asks me how I am doing I will tell them the truth and then I will have to watch their eyes widen and their face flush before I make a joke to relieve the awful pressure of reality pushing down on us both.

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Filed Under: Fighting anxiety, Fighting insecurity, God as Savior, God's promises, Hard days

The right refuge

February 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment

So thankful to all those God gave to help me prep and to pray for Him to move on Tuesday night during my time with the women from Breakaway.

Romans 1:11-12 kept ringing in my head as I drove to College Station on Tuesday.

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine. (Romans 1:11-12, ESV)

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Filed Under: Fighting anxiety, Fighting discontentment, God's promises, Ministry

Worship God by sleeping

February 10, 2014 by 4 Comments

Thursday night was one of those nights.

You know the kind.  Racing pulse and mind snowballing at a terrifying speed: replaying past events and planning for future ones.Screen Shot 2014-02-09 at 6.17.01 PM

I texted a friend in a panic:

Everything feels so out of control.

And the response came:

Get some sleep.

My first instinct was to push back.  How could I sleep right now?  Do you even know what hangs in the balance?  I have to DO something! 

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Filed Under: Fighting anxiety, God's bigness

Coming home

October 17, 2013 by 4 Comments

This is the longest I’ve gone without posting on my blog in literally years.

Things are getting a little out of hand over here.

I just need life to take three giant steps backward and give me room to breathe.  Looking at my schedule, looking at my to-do list I can feel the panic rising up inside of me.  I hear the chime of another email arriving in the inbox each moment. Did you get that thing done yet?…I need to talk to you!…Have you had a chance to…

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Filed Under: Fighting anxiety, God's promises

Going nowhere

September 12, 2013 by 2 Comments

We’ve moved on past Christ.

That’s clear every time we feel panic when someone wants to give us feedback.  It’s the reason we are obsessed with our body image.  It’s why we’re so terrified of failure that some of us have just laid down all together – given up the fight because we’re so tired of feeling like a disappointment.

Those things indicate that you and I have walked through Jesus – as if He’s a door or a passage way that we just pass through to get to our destination.  We have forgotten the glorious distinction between the word ‘through’ and the word ‘in‘.   We’ve forgotten the purchase of the Cross was not just a through, but an in.Screen Shot 2013-09-12 at 11.52.44 AM

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Filed Under: Fighting anxiety, Fighting discontentment, God's bigness
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