Being Still

 

Been feeling kinda vexed lately. Stress from school and from personal problems, and I guess a lot of people out there can relate to it as u were once a student or u don't exactly need to be of a specific role in order to know what stress feels like and what it can do to you. Different people react to stress differently. Sure there are different levels of stress and since it is an emotion generated by the psychological pressures from all over the place, it is really hard to measure and dangerous to label one's stress as more or less than the other person. Many people also take it out differently, maybe exercise, mediation, drinking, indulging in their hobby of gardening, singing etc. There really isn't a one package fits all, agree? So I am just going to discuss from the angle of releasing stress or finding release in religion. Well, I am a Christian by the way but probably I guess there might be some little things here and there that u may agree with me….

Well, lately I have been stressed, stress from personal problems and exams mainly and others and it can be kind of tiring, cause anxiety attacks and can really be driving me up the wall sometimes. Sometimes it feels like there is so much being piled on, and then u are struggling to stay afloat, and there maybe other pressures that make u doubt about the future or the immediate future, then as a Christian, sometimes we get the advice Psalms 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God"…so I was thinking what is the idea of being still? The story of Jesus calming the Storm Mark 4:35-40 comes to mind….how to be still when the boat is in a storm but the Christ calmed it and when I read it sometimes, I will think about the redundant struggle we so often put forth…..

Its like swimming. If you have a bad cramp while swimming or are a non-swimmer and are thrown into a pool or even open water, i guess everyone's first reaction is to panic and struggle in the water. Not many people know or at least can remember at that first instant, that the right thing to do first is to actually just try to stop struggling and lie still on the surface of water and wait for help to come. Well, if u keep struggle, u are wasting energy, moving the molecules of water away from you and "digging" more space for u to be part of the water body and then the worst part is when somebody comes and save you, there will be unnecessary struggle and will make the whole rescuing process even more tiring and difficult to carry out. You get where I am coming from?

I think many times we struggle on our own unnecessarily, hoping that whatever we do will make it better but a lot of times it doesn't. So we have to commit the issues into God's hands and then stop struggling and wait on him. It's not asking u to totally not do anything but to do to ur best and then leave the rest to God. Don't struggle in the water but be still…..I know its difficult caz I always fluctuate between the 2 too but we need to learn to lean on God…..

Eagles are different…they soar…relying on the under wind…not like normal birds which flap all the way……