Because

I grabbed a quick breakfast and stood in my kitchen, wasting those last few minutes before I had to grab my stuff and go to work. This day, I felt anxious. I felt anxious just like every other day. Why? I didn't have a good reason. I just felt it, crawling ever steadily throughout my body, making my muscles tighten and my heart feel heavy. I dreaded the day at work, I wanted to just curl up and forget about the world. As I stood in my kitchen, I remembered the words to a song--and this song has become my new favorite hymn to sing.

"Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,

 Because He lives, all fear is gone,

 Because I know He holds the future

 And life is worth the living, just because He lives."

I sang that song that day, really really loudly. 

Today, my heart is bursting with love for my Creator. The anxiety that visits me on a daily basis can't keep it's hold on me. God hold my future... and that alone should keep all fear at bay. 

So, as I feel the signature tightening of my body in response to the world I have to live in, I remember (and sometimes sing) that song, over and over. That song has become my new favorite. The words hold such power. It serves to remind us that fear has no power when God is in charge.

So, that brings me to one final thought. I recently heard a fact: the words "no fear" are mentioned 365 times in the Bible. That means that the promise that we do not need to fear is available to us every day of the year. (Don't even tell me that is coincidental) 

I am so thankful that God gives us power, even in our weakness and inadequacies, to overcome with Him and Him alone. Goodbye anxiety, hello Peace.