A Sound Mind

Written from a Roman prison by a man awaiting execution, 2 Timothy 1:7 is one of the calmest sentences ever put on paper: the spirit God gives is not fear, but power, love, and a sound mind. Today we learn to tell the smoke alarm from the fire — why chronic anxiety keeps shrieking about fires that never come, and how the same God who calmed a nation's panic in the Great Depression can station His peace like a sentry at the door of your thoughts. A sound mind isn't something you achieve. It's something you receive.