Comments on: Abiding Monday: Fraught With Worry

By: The Mom Crowd » Abiding Monday: Purpose

The Mom Crowd » Abiding Monday: Purpose — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:02:50 +0000

[...] for the “feeling freaked out” part, I’m working on that. I’ve discussed battling fear with you before – I’m trying to put that into [...]

By: The Mom Crowd » Keeping Sane When Both You AND Your Husband Are Home Long-Term

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:59:16 +0000

[...] over potential jobs, our finances and our children. Like Dawn has been saying in the past two Abiding Mondays posts, prayer calms anxiety. When I get anxious, it helps me to pray with my husband. I find [...]

By: Dawn

Dawn — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:17:12 +0000

Ladies,
Thanks for sharing your heart about your fears and worries. I think it is good for us to say these things to one another; it is mutually encouraging and integral to growing in our faith. Lucado says elsewhere in the same book that we need each other, community, to carry each other through our worries and fears, too. I believe he called it “unleashing a army to battle our fears”.

It is true, Sharon, that perspective is a big part of this too. Years from now, we’ll look back on our childrens’ early years and think, “Everything turned out fine; I wish I hadn’t worried so much.”

Thank you for the great reference in Joshua, Christy.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:52:03 +0000

Thanks Dawn! This message really hit home for me. I’m generally not much of a worrier, but lately, with things going (seemingly) downhill with our visa situation overseas, I am feeling increasing anxiety about our son, and our family in general; will we have to move again?! How is this going to affect his language acquisition? His ability to make friends? He had such a hard time with our last move, and I am afraid. My concern is mostly for his emotional welfare, and I know that, maybe two or three years down the road, things will have their proper perspective. I have had to give this to the Lord time and time again, on an almost daily basis.

Your question about prayer time being proportionate to worry time was a doozy. OF COURSE I WORRY MORE THAN I PRAY. Thanks for reminding me that it needs to be the other way around.

By: Allie

Allie — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:41:00 +0000

It is so easy to forget about praying for our kiddies. My son had a huge fall while we were vacationing in a rural village in China. He was 2 1/2 and I cried out to God as I watched his eyelids flutter shut. It was a brief moment of unconsciousness but such a scary incident. Thankfully, God was watching over him. Since then however, I fear for him…when he’s on his bike, when he’s on the playground. Thank you for the reminder and the excerpt from Lucado. It really puts back into perspective that these children are not in our hands but in God’s most capable care.