Peace is a Promise He Keeps!

I never really thought of myself as having "anxiety." The truth is, we all do to some degree, struggle with anxiety and depression and don't need a medical diagnosis to realize this. People used to tell me when I was younger, "You are going to have a heart-attack at an early age the way you stress and worry." I then thought of it as no big deal. Now that I am in my early 30's and on blood pressure/anxiety medications and knowing the stress I have put on my heart from all the years of drug abuse, smoking, and drinking... I am aware of the potential for that word curse spoken to become a reality if I don't continuously pray against anxiety and there's so many ways to do this. There are so many times when I just turn on worship music and soak in His Presence.. Peace overwhelms me and NOTHING can stand against me in His Presence. So that's the answer... one day I was soaking and I heard a quiet voice in my mind say "You don't have to leave, ...Stay." I knew that was the Holy Spirit of the ONE true living GOD prompting me to just STAY IN HIS PRESENCE! So, that's the thing I work at, well I say "work at," because it's hard when you get distracted by fear, anger, anxiety, resentment.. etc. So it's a part of maturing... learning to lean in on HIM for EVERYTHING. Just be honest with yourself, as I am with myself.. I CANNOT DO THIS ON MY OWN strength, my own WILL, because my will is tainted by my fleshly desires of selfish sins. It's EASY to just give in to your selfishness.. but everyone can do that. Jesus taught us to withstand temptation by continuously keeping your mind renewed and refreshed.. this is POSSIBLE! He is always here to listen... when others won't. He is never "too busy, tired or selfish." He is perfect, He is LOVE, He is EVERYTHING. I desire to walk in His Will, not because I feel I have to, but because I LONG to worship, honor, and please HIM. He has done so much .... SO MUCH for me, with no expectations set ... He has loved me to life. His healing power is constant in my life right now. All I have to do is just seek, and I always find. Thank you Papa, your mercy never fails me.. all my days I've been held in your hand.