Beauty from Ashes - A Continual Process

I am just now, at 49 learning to press "pause" on my need to download and bring closure on a subject AS IT HAPPENS!  It hasn't been easy.  My "get it over with" plan is selfish and unwise, when it comes to processing life with those I love.  Waiting for that "window?" Not so easy!  I tend to be all silent, or all talk.  There is wisdom in learning to bring balance, slowness,  gentleness, and timing of delivery to every situation.  I need to discern where my "listener" is first with their thoughts, heart, needs...not my own.  Knowing my own, will help me with this - ironically!!  You'll see where I'm going with this. Proverbs 16:20-24 is on my refrigerator as a constant reminder to God-center my heart before I download.  It is a great filter to meditate on before speaking.  It says,  "Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord. 21 The wise of heart is call...

(If you are receiving this in your email, click on the title to go to the blog site where the other posts are filed by date and or topic.) Blogging has somehow killed my writing vibe.  I am asking God if it's time to stop.  I know He asked me to openly and honestly share my story of anxiety, depression, and living with Jesus daily to overcome living in fear.  To share His story in my life.   God delivered me from major anxiety and depression through meditation on His Word, through prayer partners, through doctors...it's all in my first post titled, The God Who Heals! Everything else is daily examples of how God continues to work it out in my life.  This process is not a one time deal.  Oh yes, the mountain has been moved, but if I don't linger in His Word, pray slowly, and love fearlessly, I fight the same battles.  The battles are just smaller, shorter.   They are more like scars from wounds.  A scar may break open and hurt a lot befo...