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Written By: Gerbrand de Beer

Over the past few years, I’ve embarked on a profound journey exploring how trauma is stored in our bodies, as described in “The Body Keeps the Score.” Recently, I began cold water swimming, and I noticed that after each session, my watch would alert me that my heart rate was spiking abnormally. Initially, I dismissed it, but my body was clearly trying to communicate something important. 

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Samuel Gerbrand de Beer

It is written in our Scriptures: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God” (Phil. 4:6). Note that the verb translated “be anxious” here (i.e.,μεριμνάω) comes from a root word (μερίζω) that means to be fragmented or divided into parts and pieces. Being anxious is therefore the uneasy state of being..

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Samuel Gerbrand de Beer

Worry is a place of exile and pain. “For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength” (Isa. 30:15). This message, alas, is rarely heeded because people are easily seduced by the vain attractions and empty threats of this evil world. We are constantly barraged with spurious messages that appeal to our lusts, our fears, or our vanity: 

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Samuel Gerbrand de Beer