Tuesday
Jan152013
Stress and Strength
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at 04:43PM 2012, for me, in a lot of ways was very stressful. Stressful in that there were
deadlines to meet, bills to pay and funds to be raised. I know these things are
familiar to every household but the added stress and pressure in my mind is the
responsibility I feel representing, not just myself, but the Kingdom of God.
The concept that certain levels of stress can be beneficial is foreign to most.
Scripture bears out stress’s strength. Hebrews 12:10 says, “Though our culture
shuns hardship we would do well to remember that God uses it for our good, that
we may share in His holiness.”
I recently read about the “artificial environment” scientists created in Biosphere
2. Inside this self-sustaining community nearly every weather condition could
be simulated except one: wind. Overtime, the effects of a windless environment
because apparent. A number of trees snapped. Without the daily stress of wind to
strengthen the wood, the trees grew weak and could not hold up their own weight.
I certainly am not advocating the embrace of all stress but I do believe in its role to
help increase us and build character as we live out this journey.
Here’s to growth and character building!
Reader Comments (1)
Ken Gaub's story about the telephone appeared on my computer at a moment in time when Satan was opressing me with thoughts of suicide.
Ken called me yesterday, and I wasn't in.
I'm leaving you these links because God has stopped my career in Carpentrey so I can write the supernatural things that God has done with me.
http://tinyurl.com/CattleOnThousandHills God rewards obedience.
http://tinyurl.com/darkknightpremonition Why God Let Those Kid's Die
http://tinyurl.com/twoparents Obama Has Two American Parents (I'm Not Kidding)
http://tinyurl.com/ObamaAmin Obama is America's Idi Amin
http://tinyurl.com/ChicagoReport
http://tinyurl.com/PaleMustang I Played Pale Rider in Chicago
I have no idea if you have time to look at any of this but if you do you will know more about it than Ken does.
I'm still waiting to talk to him.
Wayne Harropson 714.404.3311