The idea to Never Be Alone can hit me differently in space and time. There are moments when being alone is peaceful, imaginative, and very creative. There are times when being alone is indescribably anxious and UN-discerning.
It is those moments in the anxious active thought process that the brain journeys to it’s autosave discernment. It’s when my brain jumps to protect me from previous external experiences that have initiated heightened emotion and stress that settles in the gut, and churns and churns and churns.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. There are many anecdotes to capture the external influence that may hinder my well-being. The National Council for Mental Wellbeing offers 5 Ways to Set Healthy Boundaries for Mental Wellbeing.
But, I have also found the spiritual self has provided the best method to manage my mental well-being. It begins with prayer in the morning, prayer in the afternoon, prayer in the evening, prayer in the night, and prayer whenever my selfish self begins to react to the external hits that ignite my brain to react in flight, fright, freeze, or fawn.
My journey over the last few months has been a path of listening to God’s word, unfiltered, as I fall asleep and awake to hear the way God loves and God cares. My brain, wired by the thoughts of my mind are weaving a beautiful path to peace. A path that captures almost every thought filtered through the God’s way of being.
I have made it through to the book of Revelation and find my mental well-being in the scriptures that confirms, I am loved, secure, and forgiven by the creator God, through his son, Jesus, and the gracious gift of the Holy Spirit.
Psalm 103:8-13 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love. He will not always accuse us or be angry forever. He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve or repaid us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his faithful love toward those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.
Isaiah 43:25 I am the one, I sweep away your transgressions for my own sake and remember your sins no more.
Rev 3:19-20 As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be zealous and repent. See! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me
For that, I am Always grateful,
Walking In Your Gifts 