Stressed?

Sometimes I say something that sounds cool or hits home with you. It probably wasn't me talking. Sometimes I do something right and amazing things happen. The chances are good that I can't take any credit for that. The overwhelming and matchless grace of an Almighty God is more than enough to compensate for my tremendous ability to suck at life.

At a point in life where it seems that the weight of the entire universe should be upon my shoulders, I am at peace. In the face of a host of reasons to be a giant stress ball, I'm laughing it off and pressing on. How is that possible? I don't have a career figured out, I don't have a wife or anyone who looks like she could be one, I don't have money or many "cool" things, so why am I so happy?

Mostly because I've somehow managed to obey 1 Pet. 5:7 and "cast my cares on Him." It's a beautiful thing when you can wake up on a Monday morning where you've had less than 4 hours of sleep and smile. My friends, if you would just let Him take care of the uncontrollable things in your life and stop worrying about things you can't affect...you would know joy and peace on a level you've probably only dreamed of at this point.

It's like the serenity prayer from when we were all kids "Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference." How profound.

As college students, everyone trys to put so much pressure on us, trying to knock us down. The world's view of success just doesn't seem that appetizing to me. Why should I hoard "stuff" and grasp and claw for every scrap of temporal happiness, pleasure and anesthetizing of pain? Why should I pick that special someone based on what I can see? Why should I judge and put you down to bring me up? Why should I gossip and slander, tearing down my brothers and sisters...only to somehow satiate my internal struggles of insufficiency? Why should I be afraid?

The answer is...I should not. You shouldn't either.

2 Cor. 12:9 "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me."

Do all that you can to serve God, love people and make the world a better place. Leave to rest up to the Man that runs the show. If you mess up, fess up. Get up and get back to it. GO.

Be blessed...