free at last

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  -Phil 4:6

i can't tell you how cool it is to have this verse semi-memorized and be able to speak truth into the lies that seep into my head regarding my joblessness. the last sermon evs and i heard at the stone (austinstone.org) came at the perfect time. it was about temptation, and being able to speak truth into situations where your flesh wants to make worldly decisions. so having this "truth" on hand is important. that way you can whip it out any time! we are to do this because Jesus did as an example for us. when He was faced with temptation by satan, He started with, "it is written..."


every time i started to feel badly about not being chosen for a job, or thinking about the ways i went wrong in interviews, or just thinking that the people thought i wasn't good enough to work with them, Phil 4:6 came to the rescue. before i could complete a thought... "do not be anxious in anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God"


apparently, God doesn't want us to be anxious about anything...which is a relief! because there are so many things to be anxious about if you let the enemy convince you to be. fight back with the TRUTH. the only thing that can conquer a lie is the TRUTH. good thing most of us have a couple copies of such truth in our houses. pick it up, go to the back, find something you struggle with, read some powerful verses about it, write it on a post-it (3M plug!), stick it on your bathroom mirror, and speak it whenever you start to believe a lie.


oh yes, and i titled this as 'free at last', because for the first time in probably....15 years....i am not stressed about the coming of the month of august. either as a student or a teacher, every year at the end of the summer, i'd have this nervous/anxious/not feeling prepared feeling about the coming semester (haha, i learned philippians 4:6 a little too late!), and this summer is STRESS FREEEEEE!!! it's so great. what helps make it great is that my sweet husby isn't pressuring me to find a job asap, and he is able provide for us until i do find a job. ahhhhhhh. 'tis lovely. praise be to God. below is a photo of said sweet husby.