Victory Over anxiety

I have been joining in on this 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting from another state. I truly believe God has broken down so many walls for me during this fast. I have been dealing with fear and anxiety in my life for many years. At times it was so subtle, I wouldn’t have even told you I had anxiety. I had some medical issues that started about 8 months ago, and along with that, I started having these crazy symptoms of anxiety that I had never experienced before. I could barely eat, my heart was pounding out of my chest constantly, and I just had a feeling of total despair. I went through so many months feeling like I was never going to come out of this complete panic and hopelessness. I felt that God was just going to have to carry me and I would never be my "old self" again. 

During prayer recently, I felt God speak to me that he had claimed victory over my anxiety. I believe that I needed to be brought to that place of brokenness to reach a whole new level of trust in God that I never had before. I wasn’t going to get back to my "old self.” I was actually being transformed into the person God had intended me to be without the burdens of over thinking, fear, and anxiousness. 

It still even makes me kind of nervous to write this out for people to read, but I know a lot of people can relate to the burden of panic and anxiety. And so, I hope God can use these words to even help just one person know what amazing things He can and is doing in your life. In moments of desperation and waiting, He is working!

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28) - Holly