ANXIETY IS NOT YOUR IDENTITY: TAKING AUTHORITY OVER STRESS AS AN OVERCOMER IN HIM
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𝑨𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔—𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏, 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅—𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔—𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒉𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚’𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.
𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆, “𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚,” 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕 “𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚,” 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕, 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚. 𝑨𝒔 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒎, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒎, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝑰𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚
𝑴𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒘, 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑺𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒆’𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆—𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔, “𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖” (𝑰𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒂𝒉 𝟒𝟑:𝟐).
𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑯𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑮𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒆, 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒄𝒌.
𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑰𝒔 𝒂 𝑺𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒏 𝑰𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚
𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅'𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒍—𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒅𝒐𝒎, 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔, 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕.
𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕
𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆
𝑰𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑, 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒆? 𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓.
𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 (𝟐 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝟏𝟎:𝟓)
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 “𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕.” 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒅.
𝑹𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 (𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝟒:𝟖)
𝑺𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒏 “𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆, 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆.” 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅.
𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝑾𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒚
𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆 (𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒔 𝟏𝟖:𝟐𝟏). 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 “𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚,” “𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏,” 𝒐𝒓 “𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒖𝒎𝒂.” 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅, 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉: “𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕. 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒆.”
𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆
𝑫𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆-𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉.
𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑶𝒖𝒕 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒅
𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆:
“𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅” (𝟐 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝟏:𝟕).
“𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒎𝒆” (𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝟒:𝟏𝟑).
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒅, 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕” (𝑷𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝟐𝟑:𝟏).
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔
𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅, 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕—𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚. 𝑩𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔—𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑮𝒐𝒅-𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒅𝒐𝒎—𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓.
𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒔, 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆.
Connie Wunderly, BSN, RN, NC-BC, BC-MHC
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