Stress

This doesn't happen to me very often, but today was one of those days that I felt very down about myself. 

(I know this is starting out depressing but it gets better, I promise :))

I felt a lack of self confidence and frustration with everything around me. 

Confession is good for the soul right?

Everyone had left the house and I was laying in my floor talking to God, sharing my heart with Him.

I don't like letting satan have the upper edge on me, so finally I stopped, asked the Lord to forgive me if I was being selfish and ungrateful.

Then I asked Him to take all that was on my mind into His hands, and take care of it for me. 

I asked Him to send me something today that would make me happy and take care of all I was feeling.

I went downstairs when my family got home, and a few hours later totally forgot what I had said and went on to the youth meeting. 

Brother Burley Williams spoke for us. When we all sat down he said he came with no certain subject in mind, but heard someone say the word stress. "So we are going to talk about stress." He said.

I though, "ok this will be interesting."

Little did I know that absolutely every example he gave of dealing with stress and letting the spirit of stress and oppression run your mind, would be exactly what I had just gone through a few hours before alone in my room. 

God....never ceases to amaze me. 

In a world where we will deal with stress every single day of our lives...I have a God that I can give my stress to. I have a God that will help me put my stress in the right place so I don't blow off the handle at someone without even knowing it. 

What you think of yourself will determine how stress works in you. I was sitting in my room feeling totally worthless and with every thought I had, the spirit of stress was right there to urge me on. 

As soon as the youth meeting was over, those thoughts tried to come back to me. All I had to say was satan my God has a plan for me and I am His child, so get back! And the oppression was gone.

It is so easy to become stressed. As soon as you walk in the door of your home after a long day of work and you feel stressed; if you don't handle it properly it will travel to the other people around you. I pray that God will help me to channel my stress and give it to Him from now on. 

What a great subject to think about. Sobering.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:33