Got stress?
I've been touchy lately. Irritable. Short-tempered. Letting every little - and big - thing get to me. I've been a nervous wreck. I think it's the cumulative affect of being in lock down for so long. I keep thinking that I need a vacation, that some R&R would do the trick. Then today, as I was reading in Hebrews chapters 4-6 about the rest of God, I got thinking about how Jesus never took vacations (as far as we know). And though Jesus was always in God's peace, He was a very busy man! Every day, everywhere He went, He was in demand as a teacher, healer, and rescuer. Now Jesus went away frequently to pray. And He spent time with His Father. This rejuvenated Him. But I spend time every morning with Jesus, too. Without fail. Yet just a few hours into the day, depending on what is happening around me, I find myself getting upset about something or someone. How to stay in the rest and peace of God? What causes ...