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When you're on overload (1)
'When I was...beside myself, you calmed me down.' PSALM 94:19
Before a violin can produce music, stress must be put on the strings but pull them too tightly and they'll snap. The same is true of you. Enough stress gets the juices flowing and helps you do what needs to be done, but beyond that you snap. Young people are faced with various types of pressure - family, expectations, exams, health, peer pressure, coursework. Before you start struggling, do two things:
1) ask for help: During Hurricane Katrina eight dolphins were swept out of their aquarium into the sea, but because they stuck together they were rescued. If one had tried to go it alone he'd have died. When you're alone too much you lose perspective. If the enemy can get you alone, he can influence you. God designed His family to stay connected or as Paul says, 'So that all the members care for each other' (1 Corinthians 12:25 NLT).
2) get real with God: When you're stressed (and sometimes you don't realise you are until this happens) the build up of negative emotions come out through an explosion at the wrong people. This stress needs unloading on God! Look at the Psalms. It's no co-incidence that loads of them start with crying out to God then finish rejoicing because all the stress has been released! God loves when we cry out to him, so get venting!
written by Bob Gass
'When I was...beside myself, you calmed me down.' PSALM 94:19
Before a violin can produce music, stress must be put on the strings but pull them too tightly and they'll snap. The same is true of you. Enough stress gets the juices flowing and helps you do what needs to be done, but beyond that you snap. Young people are faced with various types of pressure - family, expectations, exams, health, peer pressure, coursework. Before you start struggling, do two things:
1) ask for help: During Hurricane Katrina eight dolphins were swept out of their aquarium into the sea, but because they stuck together they were rescued. If one had tried to go it alone he'd have died. When you're alone too much you lose perspective. If the enemy can get you alone, he can influence you. God designed His family to stay connected or as Paul says, 'So that all the members care for each other' (1 Corinthians 12:25 NLT).
2) get real with God: When you're stressed (and sometimes you don't realise you are until this happens) the build up of negative emotions come out through an explosion at the wrong people. This stress needs unloading on God! Look at the Psalms. It's no co-incidence that loads of them start with crying out to God then finish rejoicing because all the stress has been released! God loves when we cry out to him, so get venting!
written by Bob Gass
