Nancy DeMas Walgamu says, when you choose to be thankful, it doesn't affect just you.

You see, how I respond when I'm under pressure has an influence on the people around me.

And I can lift them up or I can pull them down.

And God has used people to lift me up by them praising the Lord in the midst of their difficult circumstances. This is the

Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Choosing Gratitude. For November 21st,

2024, I'm Dana Gresh. Well, with the holiday season getting underway in earnest next week, you might be feeling some pressure.

You might be tempted to throw your own version of a grown-up temper tantrum.

Or you might feel like crawling in a hole like a groundhog and hibernating until

February. I'm pretty sure neither one is the right response. Here's Nancy picking back up with

part three of the ABCs of handling a meltdown. Well, we keep saying we're going to get to Psalm 34,

and today we are going to get to Psalm 34, and today we are going to get to

Psalm 34, but I wanted to give you some of the background, which we've done over the last

couple of days. We've kind of half seriously titled this series, the ABCs of handling meltdowns.

And I know something about meltdowns. You probably do too. And David did. I'm so glad the scripture

doesn't keep those faults and flaws from our attention that we see. He was a man who

struggled as we do and found himself in the parallel passage here for Samuel 21, going off

on his own plan to deal with the real life difficult circumstances that he

was facing. Saul was chasing him, but instead of running to the Lord, David first runs to his

own conclusions and ends up really acting like a madman. And you can read the account in 1st Samuel 21

if you missed the last session here.

But then he comes to the cave of Adelam.

He has escaped from this situation where he got in trouble, and he has time to sit, time to think.

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