Author: eemiey

There are moments where the phrase “too blessed to be stressed” couldn’t be further from the truth for me. I’m not sure where the phrase came from, however, I do agree that it is appealing to the ear and the concept sounds good.

But what do you do when the blessing from God is weighty? What do you do when His blessings are so overwhelming and you don’t feel like you have the strength to carry them? What do you do you when what God has given you appears to be a blessing on the outside to onlookers, but is secretly a burden to you mentally and physically? Are you still too blessed to be stressed? Do you feel guilty about feeling stressed when you have a blessing before you?

Stress is a physical and psychological response to various stimuli in our environment. Our psychosomatic response has three options; fight…

Where do I begin? in fact, I’ll begin with myself… (usually a good place to start.)

Can I be real with you? So I’ve been praying for God to reveal Himself to me, I’ve been yearning to experience Him like never before. I want more of Him. I don’t know about you but I’m nowhere near satisfied with where I’ve been and what I’ve seen. So I’ve been praying….

And I was thrown into a valley and I’ve been in this valley for a while now.

And I’ve been asking God why.

And I’ve been asking God to take me out of this valley.

Because I don’t like it. It’s uncomfortable and was making me miserable.

And then God revealed to me, that unfortunately, what I have been asking of Him, doesn’t happen in the mountains. What I’ve been praying to Him for doesn’t happen in my comfort zone. GROWTH