{"id":17406,"date":"2025-09-08T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=17406"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:17:15","slug":"why-your-secret-hiding-place-holds-the-key-to-wiping-out-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/why-your-secret-hiding-place-holds-the-key-to-wiping-out-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Secret Hiding Place Holds the Key to Wiping Out Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What do wildfires, heart attacks, and drunken sailors share in common with anxiety?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They show up unannounced, and you never know what they&#8217;re gonna do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s why a hiding place is the difference between stability and a nervous breakdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a domain for unlimited strength and clarity, an antenna for answers to your biggest problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-anxiety-you-can-t-handle\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Anxiety you can&#8217;t handle<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wish a mentor had told me when I graduated from college, \u201cSon, you have a great future.&nbsp; It\u2019s tremendously exciting, and the possibilities for your gifts and talents are unlimited.&nbsp; But, you need an atomic fortress when all hell breaks loose because it\u2019s going to explode often and in ways you can&#8217;t imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On second thought, I\u2019m glad no one told me that because I probably would have holed up on a sailboat in the BVI for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Steve-in-the-BVI-1024x709.jpg\" alt=\"Boating melts away anxiety\" class=\"wp-image-17423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Steve-in-the-BVI-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Steve-in-the-BVI-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Steve-in-the-BVI-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Steve-in-the-BVI.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Relaxing aboard a sailboat in the British Virgin Islands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No doubt, the British Virgin Islands are a gateway to heaven for replenishing the soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God is overwhelmingly present throughout his creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes, all we need are warm winds and magnificent colors to rejuvenate our faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.\u201d<br>\u2014 James 1:5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He strengthens, he counsels, and he gives insight at your hiding place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Therefore, every person should pray to you in times of distress. &nbsp;You are my hiding place; you guard me from distress; with joyful shouts of deliverance, you surround me. &nbsp;&#8216;I will instruct you and show you the way you should walk, give you counsel with my eye upon you. &nbsp;Do not be like a horse or mule, without understanding; with bit and bridle their temper is curbed, else they will not come to you.&#8217; &nbsp;Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but mercy surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD.&#8221;<br>\u2014 Ps 32:6-10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-a-domain-of-unlimited-solutions\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">A domain of unlimited solutions<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">I have experienced&nbsp;numerous&nbsp;paradigm-shifting crises<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In those events, I withdrew to a hiding place for strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As a teenager, my bedroom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In college, a creek<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Young adult, a walking track<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Midlife, a room above my garage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sometimes, a lake dock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Occasionally, a beach<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the city, a community park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Prayer-garden-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Prayer garden melts anxiety\" class=\"wp-image-16149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Prayer-garden-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Prayer-garden-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Prayer-garden-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Prayer-garden.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prayer garden at a community park in Dallas, TX\/Steve Blaising<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each encounter with God in His creation is a release of anxiety to the one who said&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart. I have overcome the world.&#8221;<br>\u2014 John 14 and 16 selected verses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He carries those who throw themselves upon him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-surprising-to-me-but-not-to-god\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Surprising to me, but not to God<\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two catastrophic events really got my attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The worst was the 2008 Financial Crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It affected <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">everyone&#8217;s money and nearly brought<a href=\"http:\/\/media.swbts.edu\/item\/1067\/life-in-the-fast-lane\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/protect-yourself-from-the-next-financial-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\">the financial world to its knees<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many folks don&#8217;t realize how serious this was and still is, especially in a hyper-inflated world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then there&#8217;s physical pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing warned me of the autoimmune disease I encountered at <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/pain-free-nerves-are-just-4-steps-away\/\">64<\/a> or the back pain my wife Judy endured from age <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/debilitating-pain-3-proven-methods-find-lasting-relief\/\">60 to 64.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yet these atomic interruptions have one thing in common.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I brought each to my hiding place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-anxiety-flees-your-hiding-place\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Anxiety flees <\/strong>your hiding place<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why? Your vision shifts from the seen to the unseen world, fostering mental and spiritual stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">STRENGTH<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.&#8221;<br>\u2014 Isa 58:11<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WISDOM<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. \u00a0How gracious he will be when you cry for help! 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