Romans 8:35 English Standard Version (ESV) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

Distress is just one on the list. Distress is defined as extreme anxiety, sorrow or pain. That touches three areas of our lives, mental, emotional, and physical. If we break down the effects of all the other things on this list they each only touch on one aspect of our experience.

So it would seem that if we cover distress, it takes care of all the rest.

The mental aspect of distress is extreme anxiety. If you have ever had a panic attack you know it is no laughing matter. It is overwhelming and leaves us with a feeling of hopelessness. That is the emotional aspect and it affects us physically so drastically that we can end up curled up in a ball at the back of the closet.

Our only safe place is in Christ. We are in Christ and He is in us. In those moments we lose sight of that fact, but by faith, it is a fact.

Psalm 34:17 English Standard Version (ESV) When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.

It is difficult to remember when we are in distress but try crying out to the Lord.

Hebrews 6:18-19 English Standard Version

18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. 19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain,

The inner place behind flesh.

Hebrews 10:20 English Standard Version (ESV) by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

His abiding presence makes us one flesh. He is here for you.