Overcoming Anxiety and Strife and Things Happening All Around Us

Seasons of uncertainty have a way of creating anxiety and strife in us.

Do you feel it? I sure do.

In recent years, I have felt a little like the woman in Proverbs thirty-one. Those emotions create this desire in me to take care of my household.

Never mind that my nest is empty, and the kids are grown. It doesn’t matter that I work from home and have more time on my hands than the normal person {which is a myth, by the way}.

“She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household…” Proverbs 31.14-15 (ESV)

Suddenly, I’m awake at two in the morning thinking of the food items and paper products we need to stock up on. Hoarding is not really my style, but I do think it’s wise to have some extra on hand if your budget allows.

Not long ago, I had a conversation with my husband. I mentioned we might need to have a surplus of things in case this issue with ‘supply and demand’ continues to escalate. He asked what kind…