Being overwhelmed is not a bad thing! Despite what we are told by society, it is okay to admit to being too stressed to handle anything. That is the point I have reached within this last week.I understand what it means to be overwhelmed to a point of having to just forget everything and take time for myself. This past week so much has been laid on my plate. Issues within my family, my brother in law being in the hospital, so many essays and homework assignments from school, the stress of preparation for the full time job I will be taking this summer. It all is just too much! In these times though, I find that I will do one of two things. The first thing is when I get so overwhelmed to the point of breaking, I will retract from everything and everyone. I tend to shut down all feeling and thoughts and just ignore responsibility. This leads to me being even farther behind and feeling awful.
The second thing (and the better option) that I will find myself doing, is turning to God for help.
I am such an independent person and it even interferes will my ability to let go and let God handle things. I sometimes question if the hard times are the way in which God finally gets my attention and I let him take over. I hate that I tend to only turn to God when I am in trouble (which is a problem I have been trying to overcome), but it is where I find the most comfort.
I think that the main thing is to make sure that you know that even when you stray away from God, he is always right there waiting for you to come back. It is something that I have to keep reminding myself. Nothing that I have is too much for God to handle, but it sometimes is too much for me to handle on my own. There is no shame in admitting that the weight of the world is too much.
Romans 8:6 says “The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the spirit is life and peace”
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