(If you struggle with anxiety like I do sometimes, it can feel like the heaviest garment you could possibly wear.  But Jesus offers something better and asks us to exchange the “weight” for “wait” – to be still and wait…and know that He is God…)

Anxious thoughts

They weigh a lot

As my shoulders wear them ’round

Wrapped so tight

In utter fright

A cape in which I’m bound.

This fabric

Is very thick

It covers what’s inside

Made of fear

It’s very clear

That it’s where dread resides.

The heaviness

Steals happiness

It’s darkness covers light

Til all I see

Is misery

As the hood covers up my eyes.

But then I hear

A whisper clear

That says, “Child, be still.

My yoke is light

My garment bright

Please trade Me, if you will.

I have a plan

You’re in My hand

And I will see you through

Take off this weight

This burden great

And I’ll carry it for you.”

Tears fell down

And marked the gown

He gently took from me

Those anxious thoughts

That weighed a lot

Were gone and I was free!

“A garment new

I put on you,”

He told me with a smile.

“Its fabric, light

It’s color, bright

It’s pattern, more your style.”

I liked this dress

With no duress

No trace of fear or dread

A great exchange

A welcome change

Trading weight for wait instead.

I do not know

What the future holds

But I know Who does hold me

So I will wait

And fear no fate

For from fear’s weight I’m free.

Isaiah 61:3 – …to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.

Jeremiah 29:11 – For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Psalm 46:10 – “Be still, and know that I am God;”