Stressy And Messy

Oh, the hustle and bustle of this season… simply exhausting! We human beings put way too much on our plates~ Then we crash and burn emotionally! YES for sure… exhausted people are “stressy and messy”… and conflict happens a lot more during seasons of “hustle and bustle”! People are emotionally edgy when they are stressed and relationships can get messy really, really quickly. Tempers flare, things are said which should never have been said as self-control can’t hold a “stressy-messy” tongue back. Strife happens and you got a beginning of a friendship feud, which the enemy of our soul just loves. At times such as these, our mouths work overtime with exaggeration, speculations, assumptions, presuppositions, all the enemies delights of deceit, which we partake in when we are tired and our self-control is pressed hard by our human condition. How do we avoid these “stressy-messy” conflicts? Sometimes, they are unavoidable and sometimes, oh yes, sometimes, God puts us right in the middle of the relational whirlwinds. Really! Would God do that? Yes, and can’t you see Him smile right about now? God has a sense of humor, especially when He is trying to stretch our faith, so we grow in His character through “stressy-messy” experiences. Grinch like groaning and growing. How can that be? Well, in the middle of a “stressy-messy” situation, we usually look at everyone else in the situation, very rarely are we the problem. God says: “I will use this conflict to teach you to “eat the meat and spit out the bones!” We think the enemy is at the center of all the mess, well, He is in it, but so is God. God is in the “stressy messy” situation to teach us something good. God turns our enemies evil intention to good character growth. So, in the midst of the “stressy-messy” situation, He wants us to eat the meat of truth we find in the situation, about ourselves. What can I learn from this situation about me? How can I change to better my character? Eat the meat! Spit out the bones of assumption, speculation, about others and focus on God and Your personal growth. This makes stress less messy, as we ask ourselves, how can I grow through this with God? Then, it becomes less “stressy-messy” and more miraculously-merrily-so. Eat the meat, spit out the bones! Make “stressy-messy” less about fixing others and more about growing through with God. Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/narrow-way/