This verse isn’t a magic spell or an incantation to chant over an anxious child. I watched his face as he exchanged his worries for wisdom, his panic for peace, and his exhaustion for sleep. There are so many.Īs he burrowed himself into his blanket, I prayed God’s peace for him. Yes, my child, God has done great things for you. I tucked him into bed and commissioned him to keep thinking of all the things God had done for him until he fell asleep. When we’re tired, our mental defenses go down and the worries go on the attack! Isn’t that usually the case when we let our worries burrow into our minds like that? He was still upset, so we did it all again.īy this point, Cubbie had calmed down and realized how exhausted he was. We were thankful for his teacher, his brothers, and the food he ate. We remembered the special toys, puzzles, and games in his life. Third, we thanked God for all he had done. Then we did what the verse told us to do.įirst, we prayed. I lifted him onto my lap (not an easy feat with a lanky almost-7-year-old!) and reminded him of the verse. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Isn’t God cool like that? I used this one verse:ĭon’t worry about anything instead, pray about everything. It occurred to me that God was giving me insight into a solution for my son. So I prayed and asked him for ideas! And WHAMMO, I was suddenly reminded of the verse we’ve been praying over my son daily for the past 9 months.
But I was reminded the other day that with God, I am enough. That probably won’t happen!” Let’s just say I learned the hard way that it doesn’t help…ĭuring times like this, I feel so ill-equipped to be a parent. I am not a worrier, so it’s often hard for me to identify with him. How can you keep it from attacking your child’s mind? What do you do in the midst of someone else’s overwhelming worry? The other night he came downstairs, terrified that someday he was going to go on a vacation and not be able to come home.Īnother time he spent an hour weeping over the possibility that he and his best friend would no longer be friends. What can you when your child’s worries seem insurmountable?Ībout once a month, my 6-year-old becomes gripped with the kind of worry that traps his brain in a vice and throws him into a panic.
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