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"Satan cannot take you from God's hand, but he can cleverly attempt to rob you of God's peace. He does not mind if you hear the truth as long as you do not chew and digest it"

MEDITATE on psalm 26
"God doesn't simply want to remove your worry; He wants to replace your worry with trust."

"Thankfully the God who will one day make "all things new" (Rev 21:5) tells us He is, in the meantime, "the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles" (2Cor 1:3-4)

what a balm to the soul- "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted" (Matt 5:4)
"Do not be worried about your life" (Matt 6:25)

faith is not a blind jump, it's a reasoned response to the truth of who God is. the more we pursue this lofty endeavor of knowing God and beholding his character, the more we can affirm "You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you."

have you ever realized that every worry is an invitation to draw closer to God? That every anxiety in your life compels you to direct your gaze to someplace or someone? One of the primary purposes of trials in our lives is to WEAN us from this world and strip us of early hope so that we would cling to the help and strength that can only come from God.

thank you Sarah Jo for the rec and thank you christina for giving it to me as a bday gift and thank you Jesus for helping me with anxiety!