tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post4880651593425467566..comments2023-08-05T05:23:45.628-07:00Comments on Soundings: AnxietyDale Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-36371197799169585642010-07-05T12:27:24.481-07:002010-07-05T12:27:24.481-07:00Thank you for posting this. It helped me. Peace ...Thank you for posting this. It helped me. Peace to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-21657723686885854222010-07-04T15:24:04.390-07:002010-07-04T15:24:04.390-07:00Sibyl,
Wonderfully said, informed and insightful. ...Sibyl,<br />Wonderfully said, informed and insightful. Peace to you.Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5222318303736141895.post-43531503927449433112010-07-04T08:12:59.777-07:002010-07-04T08:12:59.777-07:00To reinforce your last point about letting go, in ...To reinforce your last point about letting go, in the Scripture, "Be still and know that I am GOD." (Psalm 46:10), the Hebrew word for 'be still' is 'Rapha' means to let go, lie back, cease, even decease, and is close kin to the word heal. <br /><br />Jehovah Rapha is our healer and our deliverer from anxiety and care, our burden bearer. In my experience, worship/communion with God (in prayer, Scripture, song/Psalms and in real Christian fellowship) has been the only relief from anxiety, fear, etc. <br /><br />We really are sheep. Sheep cannot carry heavy physical or emotional burdens, cannot right themselves when they fall, are prone to wander, cannot find their way home, are vulnerable to predators and pestilence...need the protection and oversight of a strong wise caring Shepherd.Sibylnoreply@blogger.com