~A Sound Mind~

Last week I had to face one of my worst fears...worse than facing

  my worst bear fear two weeks ago,

one of my girlies had to be admitted into the hospital.

The littlest girlie.

I didn't share this last week, because by the time I could catch my breath ...it was over and she was home again.

When I saw this week's Word Art Wednesday Challenge #28 verse,


I knew that I had to tell all:


 how GOOD AND MERCIFUL GOD IS;


and how HE was there with us last week.

When I read 2 Timothy 1 up to verse 1:9 ...

I recognize that Paul is encouraging Timothy with these words.

Timothy needed to hear how powerful God is, and that HE GIVES US this spirit of power, love, and sound mind...

just like we need to hear it now.

We don't just FEEL IT because we are God's children.

We shouldn't even ACT AS IF we feel it, if we don't.

Honestly, we have a natural tendency to fear..at least I do.

I freely admit that I am a fragile being...not brave or strong.

I couldn't pretend to be... even if I wanted to.

 

So, to have my daughter at church, ringing bells with our handbell choir, singing on Sunday morning a mother's day song...healthy as can be...

then have her laying in a hospital bed hooked up to an IV and receiving breathing treatments two days later...too sick to be at home...

well, it was one of those things that I imagined would have SHUT ME DOWN.

She had a slight cold last Monday and the next day, she was grabbing her throat, saying she couldn't breathe.

She had croup.


Odd for an eleven year old.


Odd, because she didn't have a cough.


Odd enough for them to admit her into the hospital and keep her for over a day.


My husband stayed the night with her...

I took the day shift.

Throughout all this...God gave me peace.

He gave me a sound mind.

He continuously let me know,

it was going to be ok.

To me, that was the WORLD.

It was EVERYTHING.

When I became a Christian, I didn't become a braver soul...ready to take on anything that came my way.


Instead, I have a great God who I can lean on, talk to, and confide in. A God who truly can handle anything that comes my way~including my fears.

I have peace and a sound mind.

Not because of who I am now,

but because of who HE is, and where He stands in my life.



I thank Him for meeting my fears, every time,


and renewing my faith and sound mind.


Thanks for letting me share this personal situation with you~I trust your mind is sound.


If not, you know where to go, don't you?

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As for technical card details:

The Play Date Cafe PDCC 132

Spatter Technique Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

 Paper Crafts 2012 Gallery Idol 

Sentiment: Word Art Wednesday

Stamp:  I Heart Papers Mint Motif Beyond Borders

Ink:Papertrey Ink true black,Ranger Tim Holtz Distress ink mustard seed

Dies: Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Maple Leaves dies

Paper: Georgia Pacific white

Paints:Adirondack Acrylics butterscotch and espresso

Other:stapler