Overwhelmed

Guardian, professional (employed and contracted), minister (leader, teacher, preacher, prayer), daughter/niece/cousin and friend. I am me, in this. My twenties have served their purpose. My thirties will prove ambitious. I need to wrap up loose ends and have the discipline that the demands of life will require.

Two months ago, I was a lazy workaholic, giddy to spoil my parents.

Fear: Psalm 56:3
when I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

Fear: 1 Chronicles 28:20
David said further to his son Solomon, “Be strong and of good courage, and act. Do not be afraid or dismayed; for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.

Anxiety: Philippians 4:6-7
6) Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7) And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Discipline: Hebrews 12:11
Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Discipline: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
24) Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. 25) Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one. 26) So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air; 27) but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.