today should have been an all out amazing day. i finished one paper and then i went down to Saddleback Church and hung out with Kurt Johnston and the Wildside Jr. High staff. i had a great tome talking with them and hanging out with the crew. we learned and got to see the services for the junior high and high school. after we got to go to dinner with them after. it was a good time. but the whole time, i was not myself because i was so stressed out about what i have due on Monday. it literally has been on the back of my mind all day long, because as much as i wanted to be there, i could not stop thinking about what i still needed to do for school. i was stressed out to the point that my stomach was upset and i was just not myself. i was just in a bad mood and it was noticeable to everyone.
but then i read this:
Phil 4:8-7
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
it got me thinking, with how stressed i am, not once did i pray today. and that bugs me. all i did was stress today and not once did i think to pray. i did the opposite of what Paul demands of us. what i needed to do was put all of my stress into God, and it says that i will get to expericence the peace of God. on top of that, God will guard our hearts if we do this, if we go to him first.
i just wonder why we, why i, dont do that. why wouldn't we want to do that? something i need to work on is coming to God with my stress and letting Him take on my stress so that i can experience His peace.
i challenge you to do the same thing. because i can say this with a good hunch, that when most of us are stressed, the first thing we definetly dont do is turn to God first. and this should bug us.
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