Tag: anxiety
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Alone Time
I fail daily at alone time and spending time with God. I try to fill up every second of my day with something. Work, serving at church, talking on the phone whenever I’m alone, time with friends, video games, youtube…anything to keep me from being alone with my thoughts. I don’t intentionally take that alone…
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God’s Chisel
Josh’s lesson with the youth praise team, as well as an in-depth conversation with one of the member’s of the praise team afterwards, inspired this blog post. I’m sure you’ve seen the Skit Guy’s video God’s Chisel – if you have not here is the link. The video portrays God taking a chisel to a guy…
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Rescue
Trigger Warning: Suicide The shame I hold onto about this part of my testimony is heavy and covered in guilt. But the more I celebrate my life, the more I want to open up about this so that hopefully God can use my ashes for His beautiful purpose. Here I sit at Lake Nockamixon, it’s…
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Anxiety Sucks
It’s extremely difficult to stop myself in the middle of an anxiety attack and pray. I struggle with giving my worries to the Lord. Some verses I have been trying to have ready for when I can’t breathe and my brain is going to explode are: Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in…
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It’s been a good day!
Depression sucks. Depression and anxiety really sucks. It’s easy for me to go days without showering and without having the energy to get out of bed. The anxiety is screaming rage at me that my whole world is going to implode while I’m going through my depressive periods. There are days where getting out of…
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Even If
There have been two songs swimming through my brain for the past two weeks. Usually when I am stressed out I neglect my time with God in a huge way, which causes more stress! I think my brain knows this so it plays two songs on repeat. Even If by Mercy Me, and Reckless Love…
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My Island
There is $0.41 in my bank account right now. I’m at my wits end. It’s been one thing after another. It’s the never ending medical bills. The having to be out of work for a week because I got my neck cut open. It’s the two car payments. It’s the client telling me to take the…
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Sleep Deprivation
Sleep and I have a love hate relationship. Most nights I need to take medication in order to fall asleep or get more than a few hours of restless sleep. But when I’m not on my meds, it’s easy to allow the depression and anxiety to take over my sleep schedule. There is no normal.…
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Painful Beloved 