stress

I can get stressed out sometimes. I suppose this is nothing out of the ordinary. All people get stressed out at times. Normally its self inflicted in my case in the intersting thing. Sometimes I just tell God what is going on with me in plain specific terms. Other times I just ignore it and end up having to apologize to people. I think something that I have noticed about myself is that when I stress my assumptions are increased. I assume more things and these assumptions are for the worse. That is something that often or almost always is bad for me. Tomorrow I have to preach on Paul's Letter to the Romans. It is Romans 1:1-7 the introduction. Paul in his typical greating uses "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." I think Paul understood that Grace and peace in a way beyond my own understanding. I think that the expereinces that he went through in live made Paul eternally grateful to God. That is why Grace and Peace are Paul's greeting in almost all his letters. Paul wants us to understand this Grace that would cause God to die for us. He wants us to understand this peace that comes from having our sins forgiven and our relationship restored with God. When times of Stress come and they will remeber the Grace and Peace of Paul. I know I will forget this but, remebering it as much as possible is what we should strive for.
Tim