Welcome to the feminine podcast. This is Nancy Wilson. Thanks so much for joining me today.

The topic today is anxious thoughts. I'm sure I don't need to tell you where those come from.

We are all too familiar with our own anxious thoughts big and little. And this just comes with

living in a fallen world just like weeds in the garden. They're everywhere, but

we really can, by the grace of God, take dominion over anxious thoughts,

just like we can by much effort clear out the garden of weeds. Think of your own anxieties as weeds growing in your garden. And you know which are the giant ones that are going to require more than just a tug to get out.

Those are the ones you've been feeding

for a long time. Or they may have sprouted up overnight and seem too formidable to

deal with because there's so many. All sizes, big and little and mid-sized. They may not

seem so bad if you think of them one at a time but all together it's a lot of total tonnage and they're growing they're not idle

They're gonna take over your life if you let them and they'll squeeze out all the joy.

And who wants that to happen?

So the important thing is to get started removing them.

You can't just stand there.

It's not gonna happen magically. You have to stand fast in your resolution to really

exterminate them. Remember most anxious thoughts are conversations in your head that you're having over and over, or they just surface occasionally,

depending on your circumstances.

But I'd be surprised to meet someone who had never had experience with anxious thoughts.

It's a very common weed that grows everywhere like the dandelion.

We can become so used to accommodating our anxieties that we fail to notice them anymore.

We're not even trying to uproot them.

Instead, we've become friends with them, feeding them on a regular schedule. How do we feed them? Well by giving away to them by

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