Grace Got You!

A lot of people are worried today. Are you one of them? Worried about family problems, about the future, about cultural changes or political unrest, about something very personal. A lot of people are worried today and a lot of them suffer from GAD. GAD! Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Here are some symptoms: pain in the back, fatigue, restlessness, irritability, nausea, lack of concentration. I’ve got them all! I’m a GAD carrier! What can I do? How can I rid myself of his debilitating disorder? Well, you can try the Big Three: take pills, practice self-care, and/or go see a therapist. The usual. And/or you can listen to good advice: “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” Thank you, Maya Angelou. “Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.” Thanks to some old Swede who stated the Proverb. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” Aristotle is right.

Allow me, Sir, to expand your good thought about seeing the light. You and I can or do have the remedy inside of us, present and waiting to blossom. And when we realize or remember this truth, life begins to regain balance and some stability. Here’s the answer in the wonderful chorus of a song that sings the solution to the pain of GAD: “the second you realize what you have inside, then it’s only a matter of time until…. you Sing, so the back row can hear you; Glide, cause walkin just won’t do; Dance, you don’t have to know how to; Laugh til your whole side is hurtin; Smile, like you just got away with something….the second you realize what you have inside! Grace Got You! That’s the name of the song by MercyMe, and it is number one in the list of remedies for GAD: Grace, God’s Grace, is inside you. Grace Got You! And when I realize it, remember it, then it’s only a matter of time until light begins to replace darkness.

GAD be gone! Grace got me! You, too! Come on…let’s dance!