I’ve been doing this little series of love notes from God
on the Facebook page lately.
What little notes does God whisper to your heart?
Posts Tagged ‘worry’
Love Notes
Posted in Photo quotes, Praise, tagged anxiety, blessings, control, doubt, faith, fear, God, grace, gratitude, let go, love, love notes, prayer, true love, worry on May 6, 2013| 8 Comments »
Waiting
Posted in Healing, Poetry, Self worth, tagged answers, anxiety, change, doubt, expectations, faith, God, God's love, hope, joy, letting go, meditation, patience, peace, poetry, praise, pray, prayer, trust, wait, waiting, worry on April 11, 2013| 10 Comments »
I wait
I wait for God
to open new doors
portals of change
though I’m not sure what
I wait for God
to meet my needs
physical and emotional
though I’m not sure how
I wait for God
to guide my steps
forward or sideways
though I’m not sure where
I wait
I wait for clarity
I wait for decisions
I wait for answers
I wait for understanding
I wait
Waiting feels helpless
powerless and futile
I want to take action
I want to have answers
Then I remember
the power in waiting
in truly waiting on God
and sitting in stillness
I can have peace while I wait
freedom in resting
deep breath in, deep breath out
I don’t have to see the whole picture
to know it is there
I can have trust while I wait
freedom in releasing
God will be there
even if I don’t know what my life will be
I can have hope while I wait
freedom in rejoicing
God is my life focus
and nothing else matters
I decide
that I will have faith
while I wait
Afraid of Anger
Posted in Healing, Self worth, tagged anger, anxiety, bullying, burdens, carrying others, depression, doubt, empowered, expectations, fear, fixing, guilt, health, hiding, know my worth, letting go, love, mental health, not perfect, poetry, pressure, relationships, responsible, self awareness, self esteem, self worth, shame, worry on March 22, 2013| 19 Comments »
You are angry with me
and my reaction
is fear
bewildered
loss
I don’t know what to do
I don’t know how to act
I don’t know how to be
and I feel
that it’s my fault
that it’s now my role
to soothe your anger
to fix the situation
to change myself
to hide in shame
I didn’t meet your expectations
I didn’t do things as you would have done
I didn’t know the right way to answer
I didn’t prevent this very moment
But then I remember
I am a grown woman
who has thoughts
and feelings
that are just as valid
as anyone else
And I remember
it’s not actually
my job
to fix your anger
your anger
is your feeling
and just because
you have a feeling
I am not required
to do anything
Trying to force me
to change – to do or be
what you want me to do or be
is bullying
Your anger belongs to you
and you have every right to feel it
You can believe it’s righteous
You can believe it’s justified
You can believe it requires action
And I can disagree.
If I change
I will change for me
If you change
You will change for you
and if we continue to disagree
and you continue to be angry with me
then our paths will change
Because I will no longer be
afraid of anger
The Fixer
Posted in Healing, Poetry, Self worth, tagged anxiety, codependency, control, fixing, fret, give, giving, helpful, helping, ideas, letting go, loved, micromanage, needed, overbearing, poetry, problem solving, relationships, resourceful, self awareness, self worth, smart, solutions, take, wanted, worry, worth on March 8, 2013| 16 Comments »
Oh, here, let me
Oh here, how about like this
Oh here, I know what you can do
Oh here, I can help
Oh here, I can do that for you
Oh here, I can make it happen
Oh here, why don’t you do it like this…
Oh here, what if you…
Oh here, how about like this…
Oh here
let me
fix
everything
because
I’m the fixer
I can fix most anything
I have the best of ideas
and lots of solutions
because I am smart
and see things clearly
because I am helpful
and willing to assist
because I am giving
and have much to give
Yet
truly and deeply
if I look in my soul
I’m a fixer
to feel needed and wanted
and smart and resourceful
and important and liked
and loved
Yet
I am already all of these things
without fixing for you
so I will let you fix you
and maybe spend a little time
fixing me
Setting Boundaries
Posted in Healing, Poetry, Self worth, tagged boundaries, expectations, guilt, helping, lose myself, perfect, pressure, relationships, respect, worry, worth on November 23, 2012| 14 Comments »
Sometimes
I have to say no.
It’s important for me to do so
and it’s being true
to what I am really feeling
So I say no
not today
not now
I’m sorry, I can’t
But then the guilt.
It washes over me
floods my thoughts
churns in my belly
How can I say no?
They need me
need my help
need my service
and maybe need God through me
so the thoughts keep spinning
that I’m just being selfish
and would it have really hurt me
to drop what I’m doing
to add more to my plate
and would it have really hurt me
to give one more afternoon
because people give to me
and so shouldn’t I give back
all that I have?
all that I am?
but then I remember
what I can be like
when I don’t take care of myself
the tailspin I can create
the emotional states
the physical decline
and then I remember
that when people give to me
give in healthy ways
it doesn’t require
of loss of myself
to them
it is a gift
and then I remember
that setting boundaries
establishing limits
makes me MORE able to help
more able to be present
more able to be me
in those times that
are appropriate
and that’s woman –
that’s who
they were asking for
in the first place
Free
Posted in Healing, Self worth, tagged expectations, free, God, grace, just be, letting go, love, perfect, pressure, self worth, worry on June 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I AM FREE
I am free from
should and ought to
I am released from
comparison
expectation
obligation
I no longer need
<to pretend>
to be
a superhero
a perfect person
all-knowing
all-anticipating
the protector
I am free from
being always at the ready
being anxious about others’ needs
worry
I am free
from needing to be
anything other than
imperfect me
For I am a child of God
covered by His grace
shining with His light
And so
I am free
to laugh
to feel joy
to be flawed
to love
to be loved
to cry when I am sad
to be broken when I hurt
to be fierce with no regrets
I AM FREE
❤ Happy birthday, M – you are free ❤
Do your thing
Posted in Healing, Photo quotes, Poetry, tagged expectations, God, just be, letting go, poetry, prayer, waiting, worry on June 16, 2012| 2 Comments »
Hi God,
So, um, what’s the plan?
Where to next?
What steps to take?
What things do I need to do?
God,
don’t you see
that if I know the plan
I can start?
I can start making lists
I can start fixing problems
I can start moving mountains
I can start doing…
Oh.
I see.
You want me to rest in you.
You want me to hand it over to you.
Wait,
you don’t need me to plan?
you don’t need me to fix?
You’ve got it handled?
You sure you don’t need my help?
But
I have some great ideas…
Oh, well, Ok.
I will wait.
I will be right here
and
I will let you
do your thing
Prayer for Depression
Posted in Healing, Self worth, tagged anxiety, depression, doubt, feelings, God, God's love, perfect, prayer, self worth, worry on June 9, 2012| 8 Comments »
Dear God,
I know that sometimes you meet me
in the places I least expect
and how I think things should be
is not always the way you think they should be
So, I humbly ask you to just
be with me through this
I refuse to see myself as less than anyone else
because of this
but ask that you be with me, and meet me where I am
Help me to know that your plans are bigger
than what i think they should be
and that maybe
you will use these experiences in my life
to help others
and to bring me closer to you
And so when I feel sad
when I am depressed or anxious
I will not pray for healing
I will not pray for it to be lifted
I will sit in my feelings
knowing there is nothing wrong with them
I will accept your timing
and rejoice in my experiences
and know
there is nothing wrong with me
♥ Amen ♥
Frozen
Posted in Poetry, Self worth, tagged control, decisions, fear, God, letting go, perfect, perfectionist, pressure, self worth, worry, worth on March 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
What do I do?
What comes next?
How do I handle it?
What do I do?
What’s my next step?
What’s the right thing to do?
What do I do?
What if it goes wrong?
What if I make a bad decision?
F R O Z E N
Frozen
in indecision
in wanting to know certainty
before stepping out
in wanting my decisions to
always be perfect and right
Frozen
in wanting perfection and control.
But I don’t have to be in control
I give my fears over to the Lord
He will guide my path
He doesn’t care if I end up making the “wrong” choice
and as long as I am resting in Him,
no decision will be wrong –
except to wait
for perfect control.
~ Let the thaw begin ~
Peace
Posted in Photo quotes, Self worth, tagged God, heart, letting go, peace, praise, self worth, thankfulness, worry on January 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Today I choose thankfulness
Today I choose peace
Today I let go of worry
Today I breathe deeply
Today I reach my heart to the sky
Know My Worth 