anxiety

When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.

—Psalm 94:19

Anxiety is a very real thing.

I was doing some research and I found this statement:

The bible does not state what causes anxiety, because God considers anxiety to be a crisis of faith. The belief here is that anxiety shows that the person has not yet been able to put full trust in God, because fear itself is something that is meant to be relinquished as every person is meant to be part of God's plan.

Hmmm

Jehoshaphat suffered from anxiety, as did Job.

We are given tools to deal with our anxiety: tools like prayer, God’s promises, being thankful for what we have.

My anxiety hits an all-time high when I feel things are out of my control.

Shopping is something that sends me skyrocketing into an anxiety filled balloon from which it seems there is no escape.

My faith tells me that God is in control, that I need to trust Him to get me through each situation.

You know what? 

He has not let me down yet.