Stressed Out!

When I am under stress I get mean. My responses to people are not loving. Just ask Steve. Well for a couple of weeks now I have been stressed out. I mean totally. My stomach hurts. My head hurts. I can't sleep. And I have even cried (which is not like me). So finally I decided I would like to be prayed for. A friend does inner healing prayer or theophostic prayer so I asked her to pray with me.

It is always interesting to see where these prayer times go. We ask God to show me where there is a lie that I believe in my life concerning the feelings I have. Then we ask God to tell me the truth or speak to me in some way. God reminded me of a time when I was young and feeling out of control in a situation. I just felt the need to do something. I can't just sit around and ignore a problem. I must do something. And that is exactly how I am feeling now. So as I prayed about this and asked God to speak, I felt God say to me, "It is good. That is how I created you to be." This was very comforting to me because I feel like many people think I should just "relax" and that there is "nothing I can do" or "I don't need to be involved". So to hear God say that I am alright is reassuring to me. Not that I will do anything in my current situation, but to know that the feelings I have are normal for me.

I still have stress. I feel like eating a cheese burger at the Hard Rock will help (or at least escape for a bit). But I don't feel like I am the crazy one. And that is good!