Kicking and Screaming!

BEEP BEEP BEEP! SMACK! 6:00am

Ahhhhhhhh! gotta go, gotta go, gotta go go go! My mind screamed out this and that, tasks I need to attend to. Stress began to take over my mind, my heart started screaming in protest, and my body quietly put up its defense by refusing to wake. I am only three minutes into the day! Get dressed... run down the stairs... throw some breakfast together... start the coffee... turn on the Christmas tree lights and the fire... grab bible. journal. pen.... blanket. Ok! I am set, God thank you for a new day. I pray that you would wake up my body and my spirit. Break up the hard parts of my heart and speak! Help me to die to this selfish self and live in you. Let your joy be awakened in my heart and let it be my strength despite my body's aches and my minds weakness.

Romans 8:1-8 Key verses:
v5 For those who live according to the flesh SET THEIR MINDS on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit SET THEIR MINDS on the things of the spirit. v6 To SET THE MIND on the flesh is death, but to SET THE MIND on the spirit is life and PEACE.
This was what God gave me to focus on three days ago. It applies perfectly to right now. I love how he gives us what we need in perfect timing. My heart is stressed and heavy under the weight of practicalities and all of the little loose ends that have seemed to multiply more rapidly than I can tie them up. My heart feels like it is fraying apart and I cannot pinpoint the snag. This verse says that if my MIND IS SET on the things of the spirit then there is life and PEACE. Mind check, Jordan! Focus!

If you are feeling stressed or like you are about to explode from the mounting pressures of the season. STOP. DROP. Be still and know that God is God. Focus on him and SET YOUR MIND on the things of the spirit. I have found the best way to focus is to worship, it puts God back into perspective! He is still in control. Do not worry about anything but in prayer and petition offer up your requests to God.

Stress sucks!