Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Phillipians 4:6

Hey friends! An update has been long overdue.
I have been super busy and overwhelmed with school so I didn’t have time to reflect on what God has been doing in my life, and showing me recently which meant I definitely didn’t have time to type it up and share it.
And then I realized that ^ was stupid.
Why would I not make time to think about how wonderful a Savior I have and how he has been revealing Himself to me?
During the past few weeks school has been consuming larger amounts of my time leaving less time for friends, family, rest and God. Being the genius that I am (who needed spell check to spell genius correctly) I prioritized to help me cope and get the important things done. Being the idiot that I am, I had the right plan wrong choices. I prioritized school and sleep and fit in friends and family where I could and then remembered God when other people mentioned Him. [Side note: How awful would you feel if your best friend only remembered you other people brought you up, and never listened or spent 1-on-1 time with you. Worst friend ever.] I didn’t excel in anything. I have maintained my B average. I have been unusually tired even though I get a full night’s sleep. I actually slept through the time I was supposed to be hanging out with a friend. I have not been a good listener to my family and an even worse one for the Spirit. I didn’t think I was stressed- but I was. Not because of all the stressors in my life, but because I didn’t take the one antidote to stress- Peace in Christ.
Joseph Scriver knew stressors very well. In fact his fiancé drowned the day before their wedding. It was through one of the greatest losses in his life that he came to know Jesus and it was through his dying that he wrote about how to have peace and solace through grief’s, sorrows, sins, discouragements, trials, temptations, and losing friends. To his mother, who would be left alone after his death, he wrote:

“Oh what peace we often forfeit,
Oh what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry,
Everything to God in prayer.”

This is true of my life. I find myself frustrated, bitter, angry and depressed about the smallest things. I falsely comfort myself by thinking other people have greater problems instead of comforting myself by the God of all comfort (2cor.1:3-4). I’m not saying other people don’t have bigger problems, but no matter how big or small your situation is God is over it and he wants so badly to be a part of it so that He can show me how great He is. All I have to do to relieve myself of stress is give it to God. Being as easy as that, Why then do I find myself stressing out? My self nursing diagnosis is: stress overload related to knowledge deficit of the never-ending mercies of God. Fortunately for me, God intervened and reminded me how great a friend He is.