Faith Over Anxiety for Moms | Anxiety Bible Verses, Biblical Encouragement, Overwhelm, Trust in God, Burnout
58 | Scared About Your Child’s Surgery or Procedure? 3 Ways to Calm Medical Anxiety and Trust God
Is your child facing an upcoming surgery or medical procedure, and your mind keeps jumping to everything that could go wrong? Do you know logically that your child is in capable hands, but still feel anxious about anesthesia, separation, or not being able to protect them? How do you truly trust God with your child when surrender feels so much harder than simply saying, “I trust You”? In today’s episode, we’re talking about medical anxiety in motherhood and what to do when your child has a surgery, procedure, test, or other medical situation that feels completely outside of your control. I’m sharing my own experience when my oldest daughter underwent an elective surgery at just 17 months old, and we’re digging into Psalm 139 to discover a truth every anxious mama needs to remember: there may be places your child goes where you cannot follow, but there will never be a place your child goes where God cannot. In this episode, we talk about: ⭐️ Why your anxiety can get louder when your ability to protect your child gets smaller ⭐️ Why uncertainty, separation, and loss of control can activate your brain’s threat response ⭐️ What Psalm 139 teaches us about God’s presence with our children ⭐️ Why an anxious thought about danger is not the same as evidence that danger is happening ⭐️ How to trust God when your child goes somewhere you physically cannot follow ⭐️ Why surrendering to God doesn’t require you to feel completely calm first ⭐️ The three-step Know, There, Give Reset for surgery day, medical procedures, and waiting rooms Contact Rachel: Email: hello@faithoveranxietyformoms.com Listen on Apple Podcasts Become a Faith Over Anxiety Email Insider: SIGN UP HERE! COMING SOON: A COMMUNITY FOR ANXIOUS MOMS I’m working on a free Facebook community for anxious Christian moms—a place to connect, encourage one another, grow in faith, and remember we’re not navigating anxiety and motherhood alone. Want to be one of the first to know when it opens? Join my Faith Over Anxiety Email Insider list above, then reply to one of my emails with the word “GROUP,” and I’ll add you to the list! Next Steps: Step 1: Follow the show so you don’t miss new episodes every Monday and Thursday. Step 2: Leave a five-star written review on Apple Podcasts. Step 3: Share this episode with a mama who has a child facing surgery, a medical procedure, testing, or an upcoming appointment and needs the reminder that God is already there. Related Episodes: 43 | Intrusive Thoughts as a Mom? How to Stop Spiraling and Trust God With Your Kids 24 | How to Trust God in Anxiety When Fear of the Unknown Steals Your Peace as a Christian Mom Xoxo, Rachel Keywords: medical anxiety, child surgery anxiety, child medical procedure, anxious mom, Christian mom anxiety, trusting God with your children, trusting God when your child is sick, Psalm 139, pediatric surgery anxiety, anesthesia anxiety, health anxiety, mom anxiety, fear of the future, surrendering your children to God, biblical anxiety help
