Everyone deals with stress. Some of us deal better with it than others. I have traditionally dealt well with stress but in this past year it has certainly caught up with me on multiple occasions. The combination of a having a growing small business in it’s third year, a pregnant wife, 3 children under 5 and financial pressures from being overextended have led to two pretty severe panic attacks.
Both of these events have been wake up calls. Those of us who are extremely stubborn need multiple wake up calls. I have realized that I can’t do it all. I have to be more efficient in how I go about my business. I have to be more calculated in how we manage and raise our family. I have to be more reliant on God. He is the prince of peace and he tells me to cast my anxieties on him because he cares for me. The spirit and power that raised Jesus from the dead is in inside me. Yet I tremble in fear with a negative thought, a criticism and a situation out of my control. When you lack margin in your life in terms of time and finances, it certainly doesn’t help the situation. Well we have started to not only diagnose our situation but to put plans in place to overcome it. We’re going to do it day by day, trusting that God is disciplining us, teaching us and preparing us for higher things.
I’ll be putting a focus on my faith, my family, my health, my customers, my passions and a lot less focus on stuff.