God is bigger...

There is a Veggie Tales song that says, "God is bigger than the boogieman, he's bigger than Godzilla or the monsters on TV." I have to continually remind myself that God is bigger than my own self and the thoughts that run through my mind. I remind myself I am here to worship God with my thoughts, words and deeds and that by filling my mind with worry and anxiousness I am not allowing Him to work in my life. It is a constant challenge. Constant! I worked hard to "take captive every thought" and "whatever is lovely, whatever is pure, whatever is right...think on these things" and "who by worrying can add a day to their life" and "be anxious for nothing" When you go through hard times it is easy to say, "But, this is different, but, you don't know what I'm going through, but, I'm hurting and need to sort this out in my mind" For peace of mind though I need to try to replace anxious thoughts with thankful ones or just plain something else. I don't ever remember being an anxious person before this year so it is kind of new to me. Today was a challenge but also a blessing as I had much success replacing those thoughts and smiling more when I felt like groaning or clutching my stomach with the pain these anxious thoughts give me. I started a Bible Study on Wednesday and it is amazing but it is all on our thoughts and taking control of them. It is called "Me, Myself, and Lies". God gave me the answer I was seeking as I have been searching to replace the anxious thoughts with pure ones.

We ended up taking Isaac to the emergency room one night to check if the foot was broken. It wasn't. We took him to the chiropractor and within one day he was free of pain and walking on it without crutches. Today he is walking normal and has no pain still. He still has some swelling. Thanks for praying for healing for him. Please continue praying as we are seeing the doctor again on Monday and on Wednesday. Just when we were down to going every two weeks! Pray for God's provision of healing on Isaac's body, foot and everything, provision for these doctor visits and provision for sleep for all of us and provision for the ability to overcome the stresses of dealing with an illness and raising the rest of the family.

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