All About Worry

 Anxiety is a very powerful emotion, it can place us under stress, which causes more anxiety and sometimes lead to anxiety attacks. When I am feeling super anxious, I feel myself getting hot all over. The room suddenly feels like it is a thousand degrees and I can feel the sweat start to accumulate on my forehead. I feel my body begin to shake, the muscles responding to my pounding heart. I know my body is trying to soothe me, but the shaking makes my anxiety spike, especially when I notice it. Anxiety can be crippling. Many times when I get this anxiety, it is because I make a bold move that I wouldn't normally do. Like speaking in front of my entire class, or singing for an audition into a play, or going up to a stranger and starting a conversation. I guess my anxiety is more of a social one. I am an introvert through and through.


I know that there is a lot of thoughts that go on in my head when I am anxious, I hear things in my head that are far from the truth, I think of the worst-case scenario before I even can live it out. I think that I am mentally preparing myself when really all I am doing is setting myself up for a panic attack. In the midst of it all, where do I find God?


The surprising thing is I always go to Him when I am super anxious and worried. Those moments I cannot pray, I recite to myself the chapter in Psalms. Psalms 23. After reciting it to myself I feel all my worries melt away and I am at peace. I also pray. Whenever I am in the presence of God and I am anxious, I tell Him what I am worried about, I know He hears me and He cares. Sometimes just telling Him is enough as I feel His peace envelop me. 

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