Dealing With Stress

 DEALING WITH STRESS – THIS TOO SHALL PASS

When we are dealing with stress the slogan ‘this too shall pass’ is a helpful principle to remember.  God’s unfailing love surrounds and upholds us in every situation, and His strength is sufficient for all our needs. 

We can get through challenging days, get the rest we need, and face the next day with confidence, because God is always with us.  When our hope is in the living God, we cannot fail.  Troubling times will come, but good days will return. 

The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease.  Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.  I say to myself, “The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!”  Lamentations 3:22-24

God will never permit circumstances to break or shatter us.  He knows our limits and will not allow us to be stretched beyond what we can bear. 

But He will allow things to stretch us.  God uses our stressful times as opportunities for us to gain His perspective, lean on His strength, and develop perseverance with which we can better run life's course. 

God may not alter the circumstance that is currently pressing on us.  He may not remove the person who is bothering us.  He may not heal the condition that daily grates away at our body and soul, but God will dramatically alter our emotions and responses as we improve our conscious contact with Him and seek answers from His word. 

And the bonus for us is that as we trust in the wisdom of God to resolve our situations, we will gain spiritual maturity and endurance. 

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.  In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid.  What can mere mortals do to me?

Psalm 56:3-4

Loving God, We know we deal best with stress when we remember that You are with us, working on our side. As we call on You for help and faithfully do what You say, over and over again we have found that “this too shall pass.”

So once again, when life seems overwhelming and we feel distant from You, help us to remember that You truly are listening when we pray and are working in all situations for our good.  Amen

Where are your stress points today?  It can only make things better to take a moment, even now, to ask God for help and guidance and commit yourself to doing what God says.

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