I was hanging up Logan's clothes and beginning to pack up many of his newborn size clothes when it hit me. I was afraid of missing something. A few days before, my devotional had asked "what are you afraid of?" and I had left it blank, somewhat pridefully thinking I had no fear. I had just walked through my fears of labor, delivery and early on sleepless nights and now there seemed to be a fear void. But I didn't sense peace - I just couldn't name the fear. That is until anxiety hit while doing laundry. … [Read more...]
Freedom: My Journey to Freedom from Fear
Read my story and others' over at Purposeful Faith. It was Sunday morning, and already the anxiety was building. On the way home from church I tried to swallow the fear building up and focus on what I was going to do that afternoon. Lesson plans. Prepare for the week. Do everything I'd been putting off. Grade papers. Mentally berate myself for not having lessons done yet. First year teacher stuff. Just like every Sunday before, I dove into my work and tried to ignore the tide of fear, but just like clockwork I was in tears by 7pm. Panicking. Fear taking over every part of me. … [Read more...]