Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Stress ahhhh!

STRESSED OUT!!! Man has it been a crazy few weeks. It seems that this semester is like 100000000000000000 times as busy compared to last semester. Haha well its not that bad but this week has just so busy! So that made me wonder. What does a "Wise" person do to deal with the stress of being busy?

So I  decided to go to the Bible for an answer. As I debated about which verse to choose I stumbled upon Jeremiah 6:16 which is in the Old Testament. It states

"Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls"

At first I read this and was like "What are you talking about?" It doesn't really answer anything. It raises more questions than answers. "What crossroads?" "What paths?" "Who do I ask?' At first it didn't help me at all, but before I started looking for another verse I thought about it a little more. I began to read over what I wrote on the 1st of Feb. and realized that is the answer!

I began to think about what Jesus is saying in Matthew 11:28-30.

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.......and you will find rest for your souls." 

I love how both verse state "you WILL find rest". It doesn't say "you may" or "you probably will" find rest but "You Will find rest." Its a promise that is being made from God and its a promise I forget to take up every day. I forget that all I have to do is walk down the path of life with Jesus and I Will find rest. How awesome is that promise? 

So tonight I am gonna to follow through with Jesus's Promise. 


(Four heads are better than two. Me and my Brother messing with Photo Booth on my Apple)

1 comment:

  1. I have always found a calmness in the words from God. There are no maybes but promises, like you mentioned. Whenever my friends have found me to be beyond my capacity of stress, the assurance provided by scripture has always helped me. My worries always lead me to the passage " Do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own" Matthew 2:34.

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