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"I'm Not Picking That Penny Up!"
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

 FEAR - what is your fear?  Living in fear will rob you of your greatest gift - the
present.  So what are you fearful of my friend?  Failed treatment plan?  Loss of effectiveness of treatment? New symptoms?  Giving yourself shots, injections?  Spiders? Clowns? LOL

 I will confess, the other day I had to laugh at myself.  What us southern folk call a real belly roll laugh!  It was God's way of giving me a sound mind.    God has a unique way of getting our attention and can reshape our thought process if we let Him.  So I experienced God delivering me from a spirit of fear and bring to me a sound mind.  If for just a brief moment in time, all while laughing hysterically in the grocery store parking lot. 

 So here is what happened,  I spotted a penny on the ground.  The old saying - "Find a penny, pick it up, the rest of the day you will have good luck". . . has been a steadfast motto all of my life.    After all pennies make dollars right?  

 Did I pick that penny up?  
The new "On Biologic-Psoriatic-Arthritis-Woman" says . . . or screams . . .
ARE YOU NUTS? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND? 
Do you have any idea how many germs are on that penny?
Never mind what it might be laying in on the ground! 

 What is happening to me?  I am afraid of a penny!  I have a fear of pennies - I am losing my mind!  Not really - although at the moment it may have appeared that way.  I realized I have developed an overstimulated fear of germs!  I must have looked very strange staring at that penny in the parking lot and struggling with whether or not to pick it up and laughing hysterically.   

 Technically we should be very concerned about germs.   If you are on any treatment course that is showing success, the last thing you want to have happen is a sickness that keeps you from staying on course.  I know for me, I have been sick before and at risk of having to postpone injections. 

 So we sort of get that germ phobia thing going on.  We know that most of the treatments weaken our immune system.  So while I was laughing at myself, and having a mini conversation with God, He showed me that I am going about this the wrong way.  God reshape my thoughts please!  I cannot live in fear of germs on a penny! 

 So how do we deal with fear?  How do we find balance in being the "Germ Police"? I found this quote from Norman Vincent Peele and I like it - so I wanted to share it with you. . .
Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
Norman Vincent Peale
Well take action. . . a different action. This spoke to me y'all.  I wonder if Minister Peale knew about Psoriatic Arthritis?  Sure sounds like it.  My action -  I would get better at improving my IMMUNE SUPPORT and pray that I stay well, instead of being fearful of picking that penny up. 

2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

 Keep following to see more about immune support coming up on this blog in the next few weeks.  

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