Stressed Out?

STRESS:  mental, emotional, or physical strain or tension

Do you ever have so much piled on you that you say 'That's it! No more! I cannot handle one more thing on my plate.'? 

Ever been told "God won't give you more than you can handle with Him"? 

What is stress? Stress is different things for different people. The illness and death of a loved one, moving, changing jobs, health concerns, work. Most people can deal with any of these situations when they come one at a time. What happens when you are hit with several of these at the same time?  What if four different health concerns come up at the same time with different members of your immediate family all within the space of a week?  How do you handle that?

Without going into specific details, let's just say that Gary and I are going through that. We know that two of the situations are under control. Our twin grandsons have come through their tonsillectomies and are recovering. Not as quickly as they would like and maybe not as easily as their mom would like but they are healing. Gary's mom has gone through a heart attack and had two stents placed in her artery. She is home and recovering and is cleared for our Alaska cruise in 2 weeks. The other two situations are still waiting on word from the doctors. 

How do we handle it? We trust in God. Gary tends to worry more than I do. I tend to wait until I know what I have to worry about to get concerned. But sometimes you gotta say, 'can anything else go wrong?'.  We trust in God, we support each other and we pray.  

How do you handle your stress?  Do you get the strength you need to face the hurdles thrown at you from God or do you try to handle it on your own?  I can tell you from experience that having God on your side to help you handle stress is better than trying to go it alone.