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May 23, 2022
Dear God, good morning. Today’s reading is about “What to do when you are frantic and stressed?” (God’s Promises for every day ) It writes, “But the Spirit produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. No law says these things are wrong. Galatians 5:22-23 Getting frantic and having stress has always made me feel overwhelmed, and it would contribute to my anxiety which triggers my bio polar. I’ve always lived my life worrying about everything since I was a child, and I have suffered from stomach ulcers.
Growing up with two active alcoholics and abusers always frightened me. I never knew what to expect from either parent. Most nights, they fought with each other because they were drunk. I would feel stressed and frantic when our parents would fight and put us children, in the middle of their fights. We would always take my mother’s side. It was the only choice I had. I stayed close to my mother and disagreed with my father. If I chose to stand by my mother, I was safe, but if I showed any allegiance towards my father, my mother would seek her revenge. It would only be a matter of time. Return Home
Many nights my siblings and I sat on the stairs to listen to my parents fighting. My parents often put us, children, in the middle of their arguments. They would wake us, children, up in the middle of the night and on a school night. The yelling and swearing from my parent’s fights would traumatize me, especially when my poor mother would get punched in the face by my father. Those were my saddest days.
Today, I feel free from being frantic and stressed out. I pause, breathe, then respond. And reading from the passages in my little prayer book gives me hope. God, please take away my stressors and be frantic. Thank you. I remember asking you, Jesus, to take away my worries, and you did. I’m not worrying about any situations today because of your Grace, Jesus, which is huge for me to believe.
The book,return home “God’s promises writes, “But the Spirit produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” Jesus, you are the Spirit. My Spirit needed to read the passages. The fruit is your lessons, and I’m eager to read the Bible. I never thought that self-control was in that order. Self-control I felt I was controlling my emotions or hiding from my feelings. I still hide my feelings today. So today, I’m buying a magnifying glass to start reading the Bible. I need to be careful of how I treat people. I need to talk without criticism and treat others the way I want to be treated.
I feel love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, faithfulness gentleness from you, sweet Jesus. You have blessed me. You came to me when I needed you last year, then I started to write my Dear God letters to you, and I woke up to the fact that you are the “Prince of Peace.” I want to remain in your love. Thank you, sweet Jesus.
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