Stop bowing to the ocd enemy

I chose this picture today to make a point that God showed me this morning. There is an area in my bedroom where I thought some contamination entered a long time ago. Mostly, I’ve gotten past all that, but today it was bothering me a little probably because my stress is elevated from the last two days at work and moving.
Anyway, that’s not the story. As I looked at it, I had an image in my head of a martial arts match where they bow slightly to each other before the match. That small image struck me and I felt God say in my heart, “that is what you are doing.” Odd, I thought what do you mean? “Every time you let the ocd dictate what you do or don’t do, you are bowing down to it.” Wow! Not just bending my knee to it, but bowing down to it and making it my god.
Whew! Not the life I want to live for sure. I wanted to leave you guys with those thoughts as I wind down my career here in Atlanta and begin my new adventure in south Georgia, in the country. I may not write for a few weeks because we are focusing on packing and splitting time between the two places until our house is finished there and my computer access will be limited. There is still lots to do and pick with the new house as they finish construction. It is an exciting time, but I’ve had anxiety about it too. I know I need to take extra care of myself right now because stress always exacerbates any ocd symptoms still left lingering.
I love you guys and I know your struggles. I hope you will take the next few weeks and work really hard on beating back your ocd. God is with you and will help you! I may write from time to time during this period, but if I don’t, please come back and read old posts until I’m back writing regularly.
Every one of you are awesome and God loves you so much! Take His hand and stop bowing to the ocd. It no longer controls you!
Getting through ocd.