Something difficult happened,
you cannot get it off your mind.
Something difficult is happening,
and your peace and stillness are hard to find.
Something difficult will happen tomorrow,
knots in your stomach begin to unfold.
I profess with my mouth that I trust you God,
but functionally your promises I don’t hold.
The panic underneath starts to brew,
then escapism & control start to tighten.
I’m distracted, divided, compromised,
emotional, worried, and, frightened.
I realize life is fragile,
and my control is just facade.
And I wonder what is going on,
all happening around me seems very odd.
But I remember anxiety is a habit,
of crossing bridges before they come.
Diverts me from my present duties,
when from anxious thoughts I do not run.
But left to myself I cannot,
conjure up a way to make it cease.
I must say Lord I trust in you,
you must be greater and I must decrease.
I pray Lord help me to refrain,
from letting my mind go to and fro.
Remember you upon my bed,
your steadfast love is where I go.
I pour out my heart before him,
my salvation and my shield.
When my heart is faint,
to the rock that’s higher I will yield.
Sing his praises, love my neighbor,
acts of love and service rend.
Live my life, do the next thing,
and to others anxious be a friend.
Trust my tomorrows all to him,
he can handle what I need.
Thank goodness for my Savior,
my high priest to intercede.
Jesus knows the struggle,
well acquainted with my fears.
As he lived his life of faith,
all the more earnestly his tears.
This same Savior that shed his blood,
is pleading now for me.
In the fear of the Lord is confidence
his grace and mercy are my plea.
For the righteous will never be moved,
though bad news he may not evade.
His heart is firm, trusting in the Lord,
His heart is steady; he will not be afraid.
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