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Daily readings to help you see Jesus' light in your life
by Selwyn Hughes
When Broken by Stress
"You have let me sink down deep in desperate problems. But you
will bring me back to life again, up from the depths of the
earth!" (v. 20, TLB)
-- For reading & meditation: Psalm 71:1-24
Another major cause for brokenness in human life is stress. Often I get
letters from people saying something like this: "I feel I am on the
verge of a breakdown. No one thing seems to be responsible for it, but I
just can't cope. My doctor says I am suffering from stress. Can the
Bible meet this need?"
I am bold to say that it can. God can take a person overcome by stress
and build into their lives insights which will enable them to live above
and beyond its paralyzing grip. What exactly is "stress"? One doctor
defines it as "wear and tear on the personality which, if uncorrected,
can result in a physical or mental breakdown." Donald Norfolk, a British
osteopath who has made a special study of stress, claims that it comes
from two main causes: too little change, or too much change. To function
at peak efficiency, we all need a certain amount of change. However,
whenchanges come too fast for us to cope with, the personality is put
under tremendous stress. Dr. Thomas H. Holmes measures stress in terms
of "units of change " For example, the death of a loved one measures 100
units, divorce 73 units, regnancy 40 units, moving or altering a home 25
units, and Christmas 12 units. His conclusion is that no one can handle
more than 300 units of stress in a twelve-month period without suffering
physically or emotionally during thenext two years. Holmes, of course,
was speaking from a strictly human point of view - with God "all things
are possible."
PRAYER:
Father, You have taught me much on how to turn my weaknesses into
strengths. Teach me now how to handle stress. I cannot change my
surroundings - but I can change my attitude. Help me to do this. For
Jesus' sake. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Luke 10:38-42; Phil. 4:6; Ps. 127:2; Matt. 6:25
1. What was Jesus' response to Martha?
2. How did it differ from His response to Mary?
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