How do we look at stress? How do we respond to stress?
Throughout out lives we will go through stress. The ups and downs of life will come. I listened to this article and wanted to share some of it with you. You can find the full article here: http://www.improvisedlife.com/2015/12/23/what-lobsters-teach-us-about-stress-change/
It talks about lobsters and that they are soft and mushy. They live inside a rigid shell. The shell never expands. So how does a lobster grow? As the lobster grows the shell becomes very confining. So naturally the lobster feels under pressure and uncomfortable. The lobster then goes underneath a rock to protect itself from predators, casts off the shell and produced a new shell. Eventually that shell becomes uncomfortable and the same process happens again. The lobster goes under a rock for protection, off comes the shell and another one is formed. This is repeated many times.
Dr. Twerski says, "The stimulus for the lobster to be able to grow is that it feels uncomfortable. Now, if lobsters had doctors, they would never grow. Because once the lobster feels uncomfortable they would go to the doctor, gets a valium, gets percocet, feels fine...Never casts off its shell. So what we have to realize that times of stress are also times that signals growth. If we use adversity properly we can grow through adversity".
I think this has truth to it. There will be days that we don't feel like doing anything and days that we feel like giving up. But God is giving us this stress to grow us into who he wants us to be for him. He is giving us trials so we may help others. He is allowing us to go through this so we can give all glory to him that we kept our eyes on him. I feel that God tests us to see where we will go. Who will we give our problems too?
I can't do life without my Heavenly Father ladies. I'm going through the ups and downs as I type this but it makes me feel so much better praying and talking to God about it. It is easy to try and work it out alone. We just want "whatever it is" to be fixed, to go away and to be handled. But WE CAN'T be the ones to do that. It's easier said than done but I have faith and as hard as things can be, I know my King will help me. He is helping us grow. I like to think of the lobster and that right now, I'm under the rock and taking off my shell...OR I'm protected by my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He is the ROCK. I'm taking off my shell...OR giving Him my problems. The new shell is being formed as I type this. God is always watching, always with us and will never leave us.
So if you are going through something, I'm praying for you. Trust in God and allow yourself to breathe. Ask God for the help you need. Just take a minute to be silent. Pray what is on your heart and mind. He will deliver you!
Dear Father, thank you for the ladies who are reading this now. I pray for each and every one of them. I ask you to help them give you their problems, worries and concerns in their life. I pray and ask that you help them and bless them. I know how hard it is to let go of things. But please continue to help me and these ladies have full trust in you. You are the God Almighty and you will never leave us nor forsake us. Thank you Father for that and for your precious son, Jesus. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
