Tag: God’s hands

How do you handle stress?  My workplace is about to close and it is the only place in town.  That means almost everyone in this community will be affected; families, businesses, churches, employers and employees,   After 15 years and not too far from retirement, we will have to sell our house, find a new job and move.  My Dad is getting old and beginning to struggle with his health and mind.  We are going to have to leave our friends behind and find a new church…once we find out where we will be living.  There was a time when I would have been devastated by this news, but I feel at peace.  Don’t get me wrong, I do feel stressed and some days more so than other days, but I also know God is in control; He has gotten me through tough situations before and I know that He will again.  I have heard before somewhere that God sometimes calms the storm we are in, but other times He just helps us through it.  I do not know what the future will bring, but we will be alright one way or another.  All I can do is pray and leave it in God’s hands, search for jobs, wait and listen for God’s voice.  We have our part to do; we can’t just sit back and expect God to hand us everything on a silver platter, but we can’t get wound up and stressed out or try to do everything on our own either.  That is something I need to keep reminding myself.  How do you handle stress? Continue reading “Anxious for Nothing”