Bet you won't try this!... Easiest way to not stress yourself

" So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you." 1Peter 5:6-7

       This can be one of the toughest things for me to do. I can easily talk to God when things are going great. When things aren't looking my way however, I am quick to zip my lips. This may be the complete opposite reaction to some of you. My worries and "stressors" (just recently learned this term from psych class) cause me to throw on a nonchalant attitude. I do this because I know that God will spin the situation around for my favor. I am seemingly good for the first verse "So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor." My faith allows me to believe this however the casting my cares to God is hard for me to do. My nonchalant attitude causes me to talk to God maybe one time about my problems or worries and then sweep them to the back of my mind. I harbor my feelings because I want to give God the good like he gives me. I also try and handle stuff myself or not give God my problems because I feel like he gets tired of my issues and worries. I think that God is annoyed or handling more important issues than my own.

       I keep classifying God on the same level as man when it comes to this aspect of our relationship. Which is horrible because how could I if:

 "For the life of every living thing is in his hand, and the breath of every human being."-Job 12:10 God holds my world and every organism inside of it as well as the ones unknown. How can I put his quality of care on the same level as man. God genuinely loves us. If John 3:16 isn't proof here's more:

"Give your burdens to the LORD, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall."-Psalm 55:22

       I had a horrible past two days with being sick & the manager at my job pretty much berated me earlier today because I called out because I was sick (minimum wage fast food btdubbs). I broke down. It wasn't because my feelings were hurt it was because all of my worries (financial, emotional, education) all popped up in my face while I'm trying to overcome Ebola (exaggeration of course). My feelings of trying so hard but getting nowhere became relevant. All of the issues that I stuck my nonchalant attitude on came back full force unnerving me. So what did I do? I read the bible of course and wound up right where I needed to be in 1Peter5. What have I done and am going to continue doing? Give God my issues instead of trying to deal with them myself, because God doesn't love me any less than he loves others or loved Jesus.

 "Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you."

               So here's another challenge for you give God your everything, your anger, your worries, your burdens. Sounds crazy right but he wants it! This is a relationship not everything goes good in relationships all the time. Comment and let me know how it goes, how you feel

-I'll tell you a snippet of what happened to me 45mins/1hr later.. I got a call from my general manager apologizing. & making sure I was ok and wondering if I was still coming in Friday.