I have a family that I have worked with for a number of years who lived in the same housing unit that caught on fire. I decided to stop over and make sure that they were doing well and to determine if they had any specific needs.
The mom was probably the most panicked because she was not home when the fire started and got a call from her daughter saying there was a fire in the building. She only got a bit of information from the call and was immediately stressed out. She said she started crying because she pictured her apartment on fire and them losing everything in it. She pictured having to start over with nothing. She was relieved when she returned home and found that all of her belongings and family were safe.
Stress can cause all of us to have some pretty overwhelming responses. We can become very emotional and it can disable us. How about you, are there areas of your life that are causing you stress?
I want to remind you that God cares about what you are going through. He wants you to come closer to Him so you can see your problems more clearly in relation to Him. Just like the mom in the fire story above, once she saw the situation more clearly her anxiety began to ease up.
If we try and handle our situations on our own, without proper perspective we risk losing lots of sleep and it will alter who we are. If we handle things with Him, we can rest in His calm assurance and peace.
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