Dealing with Anxiety vs The Call of Duty:MW2

Theologian Paul Tillich once described anxiety as "the state in which a being is aware of its possible nonbeing". Interesting definition because many people are slaves to the prison of anxiety because of just that.. IAnxiety starts off as a normal coping mechanism to deal with the logistics of life but like many "good things".. turns quickly into a nasty fast-spreading virus.. It saturates every bit of our memory and hard drive... and so.. we call the "big guns", a "geek squad", or.. a Savior.. to bring in the spyware and do a system restore...

Our thoughts are so cluttered with muck... Though we pray every morning and attempt to take every thought "captive".. we stand for battle carrying a small USP .45 caliber handgun.. Satan brings a grenade launder, a sniper rifle and an assault rifle with thermal energy and hologriphic site... It looks sometimes as if we dont have a chance to win the match... Sometimes we give into the thoughts of worry and doubt and guilt.. but these are not healthy thoughts.. they are the drivethru, super-sized, dripping with grease thoughts.. that we must avoid at all cost..

God never allows a temptation or a thought to invade... in which He has not already made an escape route available.. the map of his route is invisible to us because the enemy Satan.. has jammed our radar... Through the smoke grenades and the sounds of gunfire in the distance... We head straight for combat... no looking back... no stopping to worry... we fight the thoughts that have held us captive for way too long..

The Bible says "Be anxious for nothing... but in everything by prayer and supplication.. let your requests be made known to God." Phil 4:6 so we need to pray and ask God for help... and the verse gets better "And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, shall GUARD your hearts and MINDS"...

The battle has raged on for so long and we all yearn for peace... peace in our hearts.. even if we love listening to some Static-X, Five Finger Death Punch, and other "obviously angry" musicians.. (but they sound cool)... sometimes we need to surround ourselves with a peaceful non-combatic atmosphere.. give ourselves a break.. realize that anxiety is really all about control.. which we will never totally have.. that we must give over to God... and just let go........

For me, this is my giant.. one that seems that I'll never slay... but I know, one day I'll be free from it's oppression.......