Do you ever know what to do to help yourself, but you choose not to do it because you just would rather wallow than work on it? This was me for half the day. I was stressed – and that was leaking out as a foul mood. I knew it was because of stress honestly. I felt slightly depressed, and a little sad too. Has that ever happened to you? It’s like you are wearing glasses that dim the world around you. James 5:17 – Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. (breathe….breathe….wait….) Thank you that you are with me. Soak in the reality that he is with you and he is good. Allow those words to seep into your heart and spirit like dye through a cloth.

I felt the progression throughout the day as I continued to make the conscious effort to STILL my thoughts. I give this event to you.”īy the end of the day I was praying more proactive prayers I noticed, “God I pray that people would come to this event who need you in their lives! I pray that we’d meet them and they’d feel welcomed and join us on Sunday!”

I started with a basic prayer of surrender, “OK God – I’m going to trust you. As I’d get my mind worked up, I would pray. In the moment I was thinking, “it’s way easier to talk about peace when you are AT PEACE – but it’s way harder to practice trusting God for peace when you are actually very stressed.” I want it to be amazing, and I was just letting worry get the best of me. I was so upset about some things that were really stressing me about this Friday’s event. And God wants to “wrap his arms around us” if we could just manage to be still and be quiet. Even for a few moments. Sometimes I think we are just so active, or so upset, or so anxious, or so troubled, or so stressed, that we just CAN’T FEEL OR HEAR GOD. If they wanted to hear what I was saying they had to BE STILL and BE QUIET. Gradually they’d just melt into my arms and relax. And whisper a prayer to God in their ear. They’d be wanting to escape for the first few seconds, but I would just hold them. I remember a few of these moments, just sitting down with them and holding them tight. They would have all this upset energy, sometimes manifesting in anger or tears. There were times when my kids were little that they would get so upset, that they would have a really hard time calming themselves down. Psalm 46:1 – God says, “Be still and know that I am God.” THOUGHTS:

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