Just theorating here, but. . .

Anxiety is a hard-wired part of the survival instinct throughout Nature. However much at peace I am with my mortality, I am still hard-wired to survive for as long as possible. I'm am not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to get there, either.

In my personal balancing of that dichotomy, I look at that anxiety as part of the challenge in maintaining my faith in whatever's next. God has been known to challenge us.

Thank you Arfie. I am just having a hard time. I feel like I am failing God by being afraid. I feel like that means I am not truly a believer.

Am I being vain to believe God feels my anxiety similar to how I feel the anxiety of the children in my life? To believe I am hearing, "Talk to me, beloved child. . . Let me comfort you. . ."

I sure feel better after I open myself to that comforting.

“There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.” ~Alfred Tennyson

Hello- For so many years, I struggled with the fear of riding the boat. Just last month, I went to an island with my husband and I experienced my first panic attack. I was trembling and I thought I would faint after I felt the movements of the waves and its loud noise. I was listening to the worship song “I am who You say I am”. I was also praying and meditating on this Scripture “If God is for me who can be against me,” If I die, I will go to heaven so why should I be afraid. I was looking at the passengers and most of them were sleeping and me, I have Jesus but I was so scared. I prayed and sang worship songs, it’s not automatic but I calmed down before our 1.5-hour travel was over.

The Bible says, “Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you.” (Isaiah 41:10)

Being afraid is normal, but it’s our choice to dwell on it or choose to trust God. It’s not easy to trust God when we are on the midst of testing, only by His grace we will be able to. My faith was being tested when I rode on that boat, to trust God or let fear rule over my life. He is good and He is able to do things exceedingly more than I ask or imagine.

I pray that you will also have peace as you trust Him and you will overcome your anxiety. I overcame so I’m praying that you will also overcome. The power who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. Jesus is bigger than our fears. The power who raised Him from the dead is in us and we are more than conquerors. Hope you feel better soon, God bless.

eli_mom,

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me. The only rational feeling I have right now is that I keep telling myself how many times this has happened before and know that I will come out of it okay. Thank you for sharing that verse and praying for me.

Anxiety doesn’t place you on a lower plane of existence than “normal people.” You’re different, not damaged, or broken. Especially if you know it’s an issue and you are seeking some ways of dealing with it (like being here).

If anything it puts you in a different plane of existence, and some would say a higher plane.

I’m colorblind and in the design world. I just know that what I see is slightly different than most people, so I rely on really talented people around me to make the color selections. It’s just not my thing.

May the force be with you.

So glad to have come across believers. I am in crisis right now, it seems that there is a pattern with me I had a 5 month stress filled time, foot surgery, met a man who I thought was a man of God, quit my job of 19 yrs to take a lesson paying one at 60 yrs old, He backed out of or wedding while I was in training at new job 12 days before the wedding, stuck me with the bill and I walked through it all until BAM I came crashing down, hypothyroidism meds went outta wack and I am home bound and out of work any advice fellow believers?

Hey i am a believer too message me if you want. My fear is of Satan attacking me. I too use bible verses but sometimes the thoughts and fear doesnt go away. I dont know much about end times but death is understandable because we as humans dont understand death. I think about it sometimes.