About a year ago, God placed in my heart the desire to write a specific book/devotional. I got started. I made an outline. I wrote the foreword. And then I stopped. I got busy. Life kept coming at me and the book sat on my hard drive untouched. I had intentions of completing the book, but I just never got any spare time. And then I realized that writing a book is hard. But hard will no longer stop me. You will be my new accountability partner. Thank you 🙂
My Motivation
At one point in my life I was paralyzed by overthinking. I would replay every possible scenario in my head over and over again. I would imagine my rebuttal “if” someone said this, then I would replay my response “if” someone did that. When I would finally snap out of my self induced thinking trap, I would be so upset because I realized how much I was wasting the precious time God had gifted me with. I was losing sleep because of my overthinking. And oftentimes I would be with my family and not be present because of being trapped in my thoughts and I got tired of it. This overthinking, also known as worrying, did not line up with the word of God and I knew it had to stop. It took some time, but after spending time with God and allowing Him to transform my mind, I am happy to say that I very rarely find myself overthinking and it is so freeing! I cannot help but share it with you all and I pray in some way that I will be used to help you live free from worry and overthinking.
The Foreword
It’s safe to say we are all guilty. I’d even hedge my bets to say that you may have partaken in indulging very recently. But wait, your schedule is so busy you don’t have time to waste time… you are a successful, responsible adult and you have many things that concern you: work, your significant other, children, co-workers, home maintenance, your vehicle, finances, student loans, classes, your health, the list goes on and on and on. And that list plays itself in your mind over and over and over, did I say over, again. You think about the past and the future sometimes more than you live in the present, often missing out on the wonderful gift of living in the moment. If this sounds familiar, you picked up the right book. Overthinking – the fine art of imagining every possible outcome or allowing one’s thoughts to rehash the past based on current situations. God gave us a brain, he gave us memory, he gives us information and all these things are to be used, however, when we resort to using these gifts to our detriment, that does not line up with his perfect plan for an abundant life.
There’s so much more to come.
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In the meantime, has overthinking ever affected your life?