Iddle hands are the devils workshop!

 Maggie Miller

When the dark clouds of emotions and loss overwhelm me I tapped into a God given gift that has saved me at many desperate times in my life. I COOK! Doing something with ours hands gives us a way to not only distract us from overwhelming pain and anxiety, but it empowers us to see that we are creative  and gifted individuals with something to offer. The process of sometimes making one recipe after another distracts me not only from my pain, but from past addictions and destructive behaviors. Then I share and gift the fruits of my labor, the gift from the hands that God connected to my mind, body and soul. The completion is tangible and real, where anxiety is from satan himself trying to trick us into hopelessness. Don’t buy into. Buy into a gift or skill you have God has given us all something. Please don’t let empty hours of this worlds broken promises and pain consume the peace of God’s gifts and timing. If you don’t feel “crafty” then clean a closet or a junk drawer, read a good book, make out Christmas cards early. If it’s winter and your stuck in side, clean that hutch full of dishes, go through the attic. There is always something we can do.