Choices
August 2, 2011 | Faith: Knowing Christ, Feelings: Intentional freedom, Just me
Last night I slammed into a brick wall of worry. Crazy, isn’t it? Since I just wrote about “worry less”. But that’s what can happen. We know the truth. We trust in God, and yet the reality of a situation hits hard and worry creeps in.
It tried to rob me of sleep. It tried to rob a loved one of joy.
Truth time. Time to remind myself of who God is.
He’s my Provider.
He’s my Source.
He’s my Peace.
He’s my Joy.
Greater is He who is in me than he that is in the world.
I am blessed in a thousand different ways.
Choice time.
I can cave in to worry and angst, or I can see that I’ve done all that I can do and anticipate what God will do.
I can let anxiety direct my thoughts, or anchor them in His presence.
I can let the darkness close in, or remind myself of the hundreds of big and small miracles that God has shown me and my family in the past.
I choose life. I choose joy. I choose to dance in delight. To trust. To hold tight. To focus. To take action where needed, and to let go of what isn’t helpful or productive in my thought process.
RSS feed for comments on this post.
The URI to TrackBack this entry is:
http://www.tsuzanneeller.com/2011/08/02/choices/trackback/
RSS Feed
Good post Suzanne, the enemy had me up last night too. The same thing was going on with me too. This helps to confirm and speak peaceful words over myself and my situations. God bless,
August 2nd, 2011 at 2:52 pmThank you for this powerful reminder. I so forget sometimes to just turn around, take a breath and be reminded of who He is.
August 3rd, 2011 at 9:45 amI had this exact thing happen to me the night before last..My mind would not shut down. I tried to pray, but worrisome thoughts kept coming into my mind. Then I read something that seemed to help so much ” The God who is in control of today is also the God who is in control of tomorrow.” This seemed to put things into perspective. I can think of so many times I have worried and God was there to work things out. Don’t get me wrong I still stuggle with worry on a regular basis, but isn’t it good to know that He already has a plan before we can even begin a thought.
August 3rd, 2011 at 10:56 amOH MY GOODNESS!!! Suzanne! I am reading this post through tears! We are 17 weeks pregnant with a beautiful baby girl (our 3rd girl!) We had an ultrasound yesterday and found that she has a small cyst on her brain. They normally will disappear with time, but if they don’t, it could be a sign of a chromosomal defect. She also has only 2 instead of 3 blood vessels going through the umbilical cord. They weren’t too concerned with that. That is where she get the nutrients she needs and a small chance that she may be a little smaller, but probably not. I have had at least 3 people now tell me that they have seen this and they disappeared with time and the babies were born healthy! Still not what you want to hear when you go in to see your beautiful baby on the screen! We are relying on and trusting in Our GOD Who gave us this sweet baby. All 3 of our girls are miracle babies. We didn’t even think we could have 1! SO, I know that GOD has got this! We have overcome alot of obstacles in our lives and GOD has been faithful in the past and I KNOW HE will continue to be. This is the EXACT post I SO needed to hear THIS day. I am sharing this and gonna read it daily! Thank you for being such a HUGE encouragement to me today! GOD Bless!
August 3rd, 2011 at 11:02 amI have a question. Im a big worrier. Before now i would sink deep in it and let it fester and affect all my loved ones. Im trying to do things different. Nothing changes if nothing changes. I want ideas on what or how to pray truths over
August 4th, 2011 at 5:00 pmmy worries. I want change. Just need a little direction. Thanks . Love you