Picture these verses, but how?

 John 14 1-3

 d“Let not your hearts be troubled. eBelieve in God;1 believe also in me. 2 In fmy Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that gI go to prepare a place for you?2 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you hto myself, that iwhere I am you may be also. 

Psalm 23:1-2

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.  

How?

Our pastor gave me the advice of trying to get Scott to meditate on one of the verses above. To try to have him picture one of these scenes and go to one of those places in his mind during these struggles of pain and anxiety. 

I'm stuck immediately. I WANT to follow his advice but I don't know how. How do I get someone who's panicked, gasping for air, upset at me for trying to calm him, etc to listen to these verses and think them through? On top of that, wouldn't the first one terrify him into thinking he's dying? 

I don't know how to do this anymore. I don't know what helps him. It seems like I'm hitting walls everywhere I turn with his healthcare, staff, progress, prognosis, and HIM!



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