Since starting school, Kennedi has really struggled with transitioning back to school. She loves her class, teachers, friends, and school, but after losing someone you love to COVID, fear finds a way to make its way into your heart and mind. She has become terrified of getting sick. I have watched my 7 year old little girl deal with anxiety in true fashion, and that has been so hard to watch.
And then, God rains down truth on my heart and helps me remember how He walked me through a difficult season. In 2016 I was paralyzed by anxiety… it took me 3 solid years to work through it… it was hard, tiring and so very discouraging… I felt lonely but I wasn’t. God used this time to teach me to lean on and look to HIM every moment of the day and recognize that HE IS with me.
I realized that, although my dealings with anxiety were awful and terrible, there were things that God taught me during that time that I needed to pass along to my daughter…
The biggest lesson God taught me is to SPEAK TRUTH! While our emotions cause confusion and fear, God has given us TRUTH to cling to and claim! So that’s what i shared with my daughter. We listed out God given truths to counteract her fear!
On a Friday afternoon, after wrapping up a difficult week for her, my daughter came up to me and said, “Mama, I felt tears coming up in my eyes today during school and I did what you told me to do. I spoke truth and it helped!” (She was beaming with a smile!)
Wow! So many times I have asked why I had to deal with something so hard and draining and for so long, but I realized it was never about me. It was about God equipping me for His purposes!
I’m praising God today for how He uses our difficulties for a much greater good!
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.”
Philippians 4:8-9
Highlighting the hope that we have in Christ! 