The Adventure Continues (Part 3)

It was a regular day in the office when our ever-quiet phones began to ring. After months of working on the math books, the company finally made a sale. There was enough money to clear my debt, but not only that, I was hired as a math teacher by one of the schools in our pilot program.

I taught grades sixth through twelfth. The lessons covered a wide range of mathematics. I was challenged in calculus and nearly melted during my first geometry lesson. I eventually became somewhat comfortable, but there was anxiety in my life.

The anxieties from college were still haunting me along with fears that developed through the anxieties. By this time, I had forgotten many of the disorders listed in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, along with the criteria to classify a disorder. So now what?

I got it! Maybe, I could study the DSM once more and reclassify myself. I could reverse the anxiety with a few psychological techniques…until the anxiety spreads to other areas of my life. I wouldn’t dare travel that road again!

The Lord had healed me twice over. He reached out with His mighty hand and pulled me from the bottomless pit of depression. I might not get healed a third time. I needed a better plan.

Fortunately, (and I mean it!) I had memorized enough Scripture in New King James Version of the Bible, or the NKJV, along with the criteria to classify my problem (A+ for sure!).

It’s excellent to have knowledge of the Word, but I didn’t care to shout Scriptures at myself every morning. I thought it wise to begin by understanding the difference between anxiety and fear, and then define the emotions through the Bible.

“You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.”

Psalms 91: 5-6