Your Antidote for Anxiety

Reen and I stepped out today into glorious sunshine, cool breezes, and the whisper that fall is in the air as we started our morning walk. So refreshing. So hope-filled as the new day began.

Yet, last night Reen was frantically fighting off pounding rain plummeting down concrete steps from the lawn to the basement door, pouring simultaneously from the roof, gutters and drain spouts due to area hurricanes. Thankfully, he was able to ward off the basement flood, yet this morning everything seems new again.

Isn’t that really how life is? Though we live in a broken world plagued by evil, we have a God who is good…One who creates beauty in every corner of our world to remind us of His constant presence and abiding care. As we face both the storms of life as well as its beauty, we know there is One greater than ourselves who is intimately involved in our well-being if we belong to Him and trust Him. There are always new beginnings and fresh starts…available to us every day if we will embrace them. This is the essence of Your Refreshed Life.

Jeremiah, as he laments the pain of his current situation writes,
“The thought of my suffering and homelessness
is bitter beyond words.
I will never forget this awful time,
as I grieve over my loss.
Yet I still dare to hope
when I remember this:

The faithful love of the Lord never ends!
His mercies never cease.
Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.

I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
therefore, I will hope in him!”
The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
to those who search for him.
So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the Lord.”
(Lamentations 3:19-26)
September always feels like a new beginning. Let’s begin this September remembering Your Refreshed Life is possible. It’s a choice. Let’s join in making that choice together every day!