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May 5 - May 17, 2020
because the greatest perpetrator of harm was tucked inside my mind.
You can focus on the fact that fear came knocking, or you can focus on the fact that I always make a way of escape.
But over and over, Scripture tells us not to fear. As Jesus said, “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.”6
Rest precedes blessing. We don’t have to run to earn rest; we run fueled by a posture of rest.
Is the life I lead the life that longs to live in me?
Where is God leading me? What new people has he placed in my path? What new commitment is he asking me to make?
DESCRIBE YOUR LIFE. WHAT IS WRONG, MISSING, OR CONFUSING IN YOUR LIFE?
School has been a trigger for my anxiety. I constantly worried about whether i was doing enough or doing the right things. I realized that i was putting all the pressure on myself.
i feel like my life is incomplete like im waiting for something. Its been hard to wait patiently for God to reveal his plan
HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU’VE TAKEN INVENTORY OF YOUR LIFE? HAVE YOU EVER?
I have never taken inventory of my life. I have worried about things going wrong or things missing without looking at what is going right.
WRITE OUT A PLAN FOR HOW YOU CAN STEP AWAY, EVEN FOR HALF A DAY, AND TAKE INVENTORY.
I will take inventory by reflecting on what is going well and what could be improved. I want to do this every night. I want to feel a better connection with who i am and what God has in store for me.
If you lose your voice, be quiet a while. It’ll come back.
WHAT POSITIVES DO YOU ASSIGN TO THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN YOUR LIFE? WHAT NEGATIVES?
I use social media to keep in touch with friends and family. I find myself looking at what other people have and comparing it to what i have especially body image. I become critical of myself and what i look like.
CARVE OUT 15 MINUTES FOR QUIET REFLECTION. TAKE NOTE OF WHERE YOUR THOUGHTS GO WHEN YOU ARE ALL ALONE, WITHOUT ANY DISTRACTIONS.
Sometimes I am hesitant to sit in silence because of what comes up in my brain. I guess sometes i am scared of my anxious thoughts. Keeping busy keeps my mind busy. I want to get past thisand create times of quiet so i can learn to quiet my brain.
Until you get quiet, you can’t know what your heart needs to confess.
You cannot heal what is hidden, but when you confess something out loud, you bring it into the light, where it can be healed.
When I got intentional about my waking hours, my sleeping hours followed without interruption.
It’s a feast the Father has laid out for me, offering me everything I will need as I set out for the rest of the day.
God promises to be our comforter and help, but we have to give him an opportunity to do just that. If we don’t make space for him, if we don’t build it into our routine, how will he meet us where we need him most?
Your value as a human being isn’t found in what you produce; it’s found in who you are in Christ—a person designed in the image of God to glorify him forever.
Play and control cannot coexist.
doesn’t matter what the outside reveals if the inside is starved of strength.
