Stress is a buzzword that is racking up the retweets. Stress about job, stress about marriage, stress over relationships, stress because of life's pressures....to infinity and beyond. Stress, stress, stress.
2 days ago a good friend of mine added to my overloaded inbox a simple question that went something like this; "Have you ceased to use your blog?" Which prompted me to sign in and see how long it had been since my last post. Roughly 5 months. Unacceptable.
So I replied to this inquisitive friend, "No....just an extra long pause?" While in my mind I also wanted to ask if he was so interested why was he not following my blog? Anyway, but what peaked my interest was the question mark that I was compelled to end the sentence with. Then I realized It was a guilt mark. A passive way out of saying "Yeah I'm a slacker."
Then another thought occurred to me, should I feel guilty for not promptly providing reading material for my 7 (yeah that's not a typo) followers?
Which in turn created yet another question in my mind, which should be the last and the primary theme of this blog, how many people are stressing over things that really don't have much weight in the light of eternity?
I'm thinking that its a good possibility that we create much of the un-needed stress we complain about...i.e. even to the point of something as silly as social networking stress!
I know it's almost impossible in this ridiculously busy world we live in to avoid stress altogether. And many deal with extremely difficult circumstances of life every single day. In Job 30:27 he is voicing what many probably do every day, where he says basically "the churning inside me never stops; days of suffering confront me."
But now the remedy. Matt 11:28-30 "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find REST unto your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
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