safety

I didn't do well on my tenseness/anxiety reduction yesterday. I had to drive into downtown Las Vegas--- new freeways (to me), lots of traffic and didn't know where I was going. My tone of voice is not good during times like these and these situations can turn into  real "dust-ups" between my husband and me. I thought I had planned well but the map I took off the computer had an incorrect direction and we wound up in a huge, closed parking lot. Of course ultimately we got to where we were going but I was well aware my New Year's resolution was not proceeding well.

As I think about the situation today, I think I need to prepare for times like this more "spiritually." That may seem a bit silly but it's sort of like recovery. If I make my recovery strictly about planning my actions on a practical level, I miss placing it all in my relationship with God. And therefore I miss the "safety" of God's holding me. If I take a few minutes to ask for God's presence as I navigate a new driving situation, I would hope that my anxiety does not translate into a tone of voice that causes "communication problems" with my husband. (Those kind of "dust-ups" can be a real trigger for relapse.) I need to do the practical preparation and I also need to ask for the knowledge of God's promise to always be there.

Do you have triggers and dust-ups? Can you ask for God's presence as you work through those? Do you feel safety in His presence?
Blessings-Penny