Stress

Are you stressed?  That we live in uncertain times is an understatement and am I alone if I wonder, "...dealing with uncertainty is stressful?"   Especially if the outcome is uncertain or unclear.  However, I don't think from listening to those around me that I am alone here!    From time to time, most of us in one way or another face stress.  All we need to do is listen to the news!  And then of course there is personal stress.  For instance how is your health?  Are you worried about something that is ambiguous?  What about finances?  Relationships?  The list goes on and  regardless I hate it who doesn't?   

Well, a natural way is to complain, after all, most criticism happens as a result of feeling powerless to make changes, but in fact, that is where we do have power. We have power to take a look around and perhaps encourage others facing similar difficult situations, or to take courage from those who have found manageable ways, and in so doing have made a difference.  Retired Senator of Indiana, Dan Coates says it well:

"...The only testing ground for the heroic is the mundane. The only preparation for that one profound decision which can change a life, or even a nation, is those hundreds of half-conscious, self-defining, seemingly insignificant decisions made in private. Habit is the daily battleground of character."

Blessings

Chaplain Leigh