Anxious For Nothing
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I’m extremely fortunate to have a job I love, an incredible wife, a loving family and a phenomenal group of friends. My life is really, really great. But it hasn’t always been that way.
After 9/11, I recognized I wanted to be a part of something bigger than myself. I went into the military and spent the next 12 years of my life on deployments — the first of which meant leaving my wife at home alone with our 10-month-old daughter.
I don’t have a natural inclination toward anxiety, but I suddenly found myself wondering if I would come home or how I would provide for my family. And in the course of those 12 years, I went from wondering about one daughter’s well-being to wondering about our four daughters! I thought not just about how to raise my girls, but how to raise them to be responsible, successful adults.
After the military, life didn’t slow down and neither did my responsibilities. My family moved three times in five years for my new job, and we found out that one of our daughters has special needs. Over time, the seemingly small wonderings of my life became an outright worry. That worry, unchecked, grew into anxiety.
The natural reaction to anxiety is frequently isolation, but I came to realize that if I wanted to be my best self and truly overcome the fear that had crept into my world, I couldn’t do it alone. It took hard work. It took facing my fears. It took trusting that God truly cares about me and my family. And it took surrounding myself with the right people who could help me.
Anxiety might be gripping you or someone you know, but it doesn’t have to be the defining factor of our lives. Join us at Life.Church Keller this August as we explore anxiety and learn how to be "Anxious for Nothing" together.
