Anxiety

I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.  Psalm 34:4

Webster's Dictionary defines an  anxiety attack as: an episode of intense anxiety:  a temporary condition during which a person experiences significant levels of anxiety:  refers to a palpable reaction or process taking place at a given time.

I have a confession to make.  I have panic attacks.  Sometimes my panic attacks are debilitating.  I never know when they will occur, or where I will be when they happen.  Most times, I don't even know what triggers them.  All of a sudden my heart speeds up, my blood pressure drops.  That's a hard confession to make, after all, I'm a born-again Christian.  We aren't supposed to have anxiety, fears, worries, you fill-in-the-blank, right?  Wrong.  We are but dust, and I'm thankful that the Lord knows and understands my frame.

During a recent, mild, panic attack, God revealed something to me.  I realized that I get all worked up in anxiety because I am fighting and resisting something that I cannot control.  Instead of accepting what God is allowing in my life, and relying on His strength, in exchange for my weakness, I fight it.  

The moment I realized that, and surrendered my will to His Will. my anxiety began to fade.

Will I continue to have such moments?  Probably, but when that time comes, I will accept it, and overcome it through Christ!

But that's just me!

The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.  Psalm 29:11

"Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears."  Rudyard Kipling

"Worry is like a rocking chair; it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere."  Erma Bombeck