Stress

Some stress is good for us. That type of stress is a motivator to get us to do what we need to get done. That is positive.

However, there is a very negative stress that can make a HUGE negative impact on our everyday lives. From what I've noticed in my 45 years of life, there seems to be one underlying cause of a lot of it. That suspected cause is the ugly word called STRESS. Some stress is good for us. That type of stress is a motivator to get us to do what we need to get done. That is positive.

However, there is a very negative stress that can make a HUGE negative impact on our everyday lives. From what I've noticed in my 45 years of life, there seems to be one underlying cause of a lot of it. That suspected cause is the ugly word worry. Worry is the opposite of faith. When we least expect it, the negative thought comes into our heads.

So, what would be a positive way to handle our worry? That is through careful study in God's Word, as well as prayer. One scripture that helps me a lot, can be found in Matthew 6:25-34. It reads:

"25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. "

In other words, don't worry, but be happy by trusting that God will take care of us through His Holy Spirit. For Jesus said, "When I leave you, I will send a Helper". John 14:16-18 says," 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. ".