The last few days have left me feeling like someone knocked the wind out of me. Afghanistan. Haiti. Wildfires. New strains of Covid.

What do you do when bad news rushes you from every direction?

Even one flogging would send any one of us to trauma therapy for the rest of our days, yet Paul endured it over and over again. Note especially this phrase: “Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.”

I love that they are turning to Scripture. In fact, I wrote and taught a Bible study ten years ago called From Worrier to Warrior: Conquering Your Thoughts Once and For All (FWTW).

I don’t, however, recommend it.

Here’s why.