Overscheduled and Overwhelmed: Strategies to Overcome Stress
Our fast-paced world spurs us to hurry and hustle. In real and virtual life, we witness people living what they call their best lives. Sometimes, we attempt to keep up with them instead of seeking God for what He has in store for us, causing us to experience stress. While He has certainly created us with dreams, which we may have fashioned into noteworthy goals, we become overloaded and less effective when we try to match the world’s pace. When we do, we miss ourselves and the value that God wants to add to our lives when we prioritize Him. Carrollton Christian Counseling can help you slow down, refocus, and realign your life with God’s purpose and peace. Fueling frustration. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. – Matthew 6:33, ESV The challenge for us is that we chase “these things,” putting our pursuit into reverse order. Instead of God first, we place Him at the bottom of our endless to-do list. We crave His peace and joy, but we imagine finding it in a hustle-and-grind mindset. Essentially, we can become too occupied to enjoy God and too exhausted to savor His rest. That can induce anxiety, further compounding the effects of the kind of stress that leads to burnout. Stress takes its toll on our physical health in both small and significant ways. However, the wear and tear that it leverages on our mental and emotional states may not be as noticeable but are equally as important. It causes disenchantment when we feel that we are not experiencing the full life that we know Jesus promised (John 10:10). Rarely, do we pause to rest and reassess, preferring to press forward. Instead of bringing this tension between [...]
