Happy Monday! This past weekend we visited our granddaughters and celebrated all of the wonderful dads in our world. Life is short so take the time to celebrate big and small things in your life. Today, I am providing a few ways to change your focus to help you stress less!
Stress is a tricky thing. It can sneak up on you and turn your world completely upside down. I remember when I was growing up and my grandfather would always ask me, “what do you know?”
As a young girl, I always felt compelled to tell everything that was happening in my life, good and bad.
My youngest granddaughter loves puzzles. She looks at each piece closely and studies them. She focuses on every detail in the puzzle pieces until she has it all put together.
What are you focused on? My focus determines my stress level. When I focus on my problems, my mind and my heart fill with fear and frustration.
Hebrews 12:2 says, “fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Colossians 3: 2 says, “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.”
Psalms 103 encourages us to remember all of the benefits of God! Gratefully thank and praise God for all of His goodness!
Friends, today is the day to change our focus! We have so many things to be grateful for! Please continue to follow my blog at kamzinsser.com.
Happy Monday! Wow, this month has flown by. I celebrated my birthday last week and this coming weekend we celebrate our third grandchild. However, even with all the good things that are happening around me, I tend to constantly feel burdened, overloaded, and stressed out! Lyndon B. Johnson wrote, “Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.”
I confess I tend to allow things going on around me stress me out. There are so many decisions that I make on a daily basis such a what I am going to wear, what I am going to eat for breakfast, or to hit the snooze button five times.
However, there are so many decisions that I don’t get to make. For example, what news headlines flash across my phone or the television screen, the mood of my family, or the weather. All of these and more can make me feel burdened, overloaded, and stressed out.
Even thought I can’t control all of these situations, I can control how I face it.
We have been talking about having faith and hope in God. Trusting God and waiting is not a passive activity. Thus, we do what we can and let God do the rest!
In John 6: 9-13, there was a great crowd who had followed Jesus because they had seen the signs he had performed. The disciples wondered how were they ever going to feed all of the people. Andrew said, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” Jesus took what the little boy had and multiplied it to feed all of the people there. The little boy did his part and Jesus did the rest.
Take a step
We may not know all of the steps to take but we don’t have to. The first step is to reject a burdened, overloaded, stressed-out life! Don’t focus on the problems that you can’t do anything about! Focus on the promises of God!
Therefore, no matter how things look, you can do your part and take a step against a stressed life.
Steps to take to help you destress your life…
- First, get up each day and declare God’s word over your life. Romans 8:37, “I am more than a conqueror.”
- Set aside time in the day to exercise. This may be just going for a walk in your neighborhood. Make a plan and stick to it!
- If there is someone in your life who is driving up your stress levels, do something nice for them. Send them a kind note or take them to lunch.
- If you are overloaded at work, delegate your responsibilities or talk with your boss.
- Last, prioritize your tasks each day. Stephen Covey has a great matrix to use to help you prioritize.
Despite how you might feel when you get up, start your day in a positive way!
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Happy Monday! Last week we talked about how everything will be alright! God is faithful and He is true. Today, I will dive a little deeper and discuss how to trust God when it seems everything is falling apart.
Life is chaotic and it is hard to trust that God will work everything out for us in the end. When things are going great, it is easy to trust God.
At the beginning of this year, my husband and I got the Covid. I had taken on a whole lot at my work and there just wasn’t anyone else to complete my work. So, I got up every day trusting that God would help me complete what I needed to do for work and get better at the same time. It was so hard! There were many days that I just didn’t feel good. It was only by the grace of God that I completed all of my tasks for work despite having the Covid and feeling terrible most days.
I could have easily given up!
Instead, I chose to place my trust in God and He gave me the strength to do what I needed to do.
Isaiah 40:29-31 states,
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
A few weeks ago, I went to the local Farmer’s Market. I didn’t end up finding much. One of the farmers told me the winter freeze put them behind on the harvest. However, he was hopeful that the harvest would still come even after some tough times. He was right!
Just like that farmer, we need to trust that no matter what we are going through, it will all work out in the end. Many times in my life, I could have given up but I trusted God to work everything out.
Trust even when you feel like you are falling apart…
Friends, God has never let me down and I can testify that I have been through some very hard times. He won’t let you down either!
Trust God!
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