Anxious For Nothing
"The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, the prison of anxiety is optional" - Max Lucado Your heavenly father says the world is safe, you can now rest I woke up this morning listening to Max Lucado's message on anxiety and ways to calm it. He said to reduce anxiety, don't focus on the mess, rather, sit in gratefulness - celebrate God's goodness. I tried quoting him below, it might not be exact: "You want to deal with anxiety? Don't meditate on the mess, meditate on your master. It does you no good to ponder or ruminate your problems or struggles. The more you focus on God, the more your problem is brought down to its proper size." The bible says, "I will lift my eyes to the hills, from whence comes my help". This shows we get to choose where we look. Max Lucado shared how his dad had a nightly 10 pm routine of going downstairs when everyone had gone to bed, to have his favorite snack of crumbling a piece of cornbread into a glass of butt...
