Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
This verse has been brought to my attention a couple times in the past few days, so I realized maybe I should really take a deeper look at it. As a person who has occasional anxiety about absolutely nothing, this is a rough verse for me to swallow. I love that I can take my requests to God, but do I seize being anxious once I do? Rarely if ever. Often instead I get angry and wonder why God made me the way he did. I’m sensitive and selfish and putting it together I often just cry at how awful of a person I think I am when all I do is say one wrong thing. Haha. In reality, I know that I am not an awful person, I know that I have worth and it has nothing to do with my actions.
Come to think of it, last night I was having a little bout with anxiety and I must admit – I don’t think I prayed about it.
God, please take this anxiety from me, make me into the woman you want me to be.
It’s one of the most humbling things about following Christ: the knowledge that he doesn’t love us for anything actually about what we do, but about his choice to love us unconditionally. It’s beautiful, but unflattering, to say the least. I do hope someday you can be free of this anxiety through Christ’s power. I know it can happen