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HOW TO LESSEN ANXIETY /WYRICK'S
WRITINGS A[PRIL 2012
Phillipians 4:6-7
Do
not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Phillipians 4:6-7
Let's face it, we are not going to be able to rid our lives of all
the causes of anxiety in our lives but we can
achieve some control over them. And sometimes, even eradicate a few of these
bugaboos of the brain. for the reality
of what is good is just as real as the reality of what is bad.
I speak from recent personal experience. A broken hip should be a first class factory
of anxiety production but I give you my word, my anxiety factory has been
working undertime. And I credit my Lord and a backlog of faith
that has charged to the forefront. But if
your anxiety factory is working overtime, as a first response don’t allow
yourself to have a pity party. If you
start thinking negatively, hit the mute button and immediately start repeating
some positive phrases you should always have waiting for you in your memory
bank. If you don’t, your emotions will get out of control and take you down
where you don't want to go. Instead work
on eclipsing, or at least shrinking, your anxieties by plugging into your thanksgivings.
If you think you’ve nothing to be thankful for it’s probably because
you can’t see beyond your worries. Negative
thinking does that kind of thing; creates a kind of spiritual emotional
nearsightedness.
So make a list, not a perfunctory nod in
that direction but really write down all that you have to be thankful for. You write notes all the time to remind
yourself of what you want to get at the grocery store, or to remind yourself of
an important meeting…. And check it
often if you need to keep reminding yourself.
And then, be sure you don't get into playing the "What
if?" game or "What was?" Deal
with the "What is?" truths.
Your left arm is paralyzed? (I've been there) Become an expert on right arm accomplishments.
You can't walk as well as once you could,
or not at all? Say a thanksgiving prayer
for your limp or the invention of the wheel chair that does
give you mobility. Not the kind you
would like - but still mobility. You are
having vision problems, hearing problems… we don’t have time to name all the
problems flesh can grow heir to…but whatever is your problem, accentuate the
positive otherwise the negative will accentuate on you.
Those
of you who are reading this with some kind of worry hanging over you or that
was hanging around not that long ago...raise your hand...I know no one is
looking but do it anyway... (Please note...I raised my own hand while writing
this.) Alright, I'll bet that some hands weren't raised and I’m happy that
you haven’t had any problems recently, but at least some of us have and because
we are human we all are prone to worry about them - be they really big problems
or in between problems or problems that actually aren't really much problems at
all.
With that in mind, let me share with you an Erma Bombeck story I've
used before... but it’s just too good not to use again. It’s a
prime example of how easy it is to worry about things that are a complete waste
of time to worry about. It is about a little
boy named Donald and he was not particularly looking forward to his first day
of school.
My name is
Donald. I don't know anything. I have new underwear, a loose tooth, and I
didn't sleep last night because I'm worried. What if a bell rings and a man
yells, 'Where do you belong?' and I don't know? What if the stack of trays in the cafeteria is
too tall for me to reach?
What if my
loose tooth comes out when we have our heads down and are supposed to be quiet?
Am I supposed
to bleed quietly? What if I splash water on my nametag and my name disappears
and no one knows who I am?"
I see you smiling, thinking about that the little boy so worried
over figments of his overactive imagination.
Yet how many times have you worried only in the end to find out that
your worries are like your tummy... if you feed them they just get bigger and
bigger.
(to be continued)
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