I'm admitting here that there are times I still get anxious and worry like crazy. I have made tremendous progress since my childhood in this area, but even so, there are days like today when I look at my bank statement and realize the full impact of what not getting paid means.

I could write all about my monetary troubles and the thoughts going through my head, but instead I think I'm going to focus on God and His promises.

Over the past few days these have been some of the verses that I've read and been drawn to:

"You have allowed me to suffer much hardship, but you will restore me to life again and lift me up from the depths of the earth. You will restore me to even greater honor and comfort me once again." Psalm 71:20-21

"I cried out, 'I am slipping!' but your unfailing love, O Lord, supported me. When doubts filled my mind, your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer." Psalm 94:18-19

"Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care." Psalm 95:6-7

"In a desert land he found [her], in a barren and howling waste. He shielded [her] and cared for [her]; he guarded [her]as the apple of his eye." Deuteronomy 32:10

"I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul." Psalm 31:7

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10

"This is what the Lord says to his anointed,....I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name." Isaiah 45