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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

My Journal: It Just Feels Good

I wrote this in my journal on July 11, 1995: In the midst of a storms in our life, our 5 year old daughter Deena asked, Mommy is Jesus here? I answered, "Yes!" She saw that her dad and I were struggling emotionally and asked, "Where?" I replied, "Deena, pretend you are mommy and daddy okay? Now I will be the part of Jesus." I then picked her up in my arms like a baby and carried her around the room. She giggled!

Later in the car, she asked, "Mommy, is Jesus still carrying us in the car?" I said, "Yes, He is!" Deena replied, "I like that." I asked her why and she answered, "because it just feels good."

The Lord is my keeper......Psalm 121:5a

Even though our little girl could see that her mom and dad were struggling, I was able to reassure her that we were trusting God to carry us through this storm and all life's storms in our future.

This picture was taken of my youngest daughter Deena around 1995 when we were at Chucky Cheese.

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Help With Stress

Philippians 4:6a Be anxious for nothing.

If we want to keep our stress level down then do not worry. Refuse to worry about anything. Worry, not work is the #1 reason for stress. We are not as over-worked as we are over-worried.

 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Matthew 6:25


Worry is worthless and won't change anything. Worry exaggerates our problems. Worry is useless in any situation. The only thing worry can do is cause anxiety. The only thing worry can change is our health. Excessive worry is the main component of generalized anxiety disorders.

Proverbs 12:25a Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression.

Corrie ten Boom helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II and was imprisoned for it. She said, If you look at the world you will be distressed. If you look within you will be depressed. If you look at Christ then you will be at rest!

This is a picture my granddaughter Veronica took on one 
of our walks and I was letting her use my camera in February 2010.