Advice for People Like Me

Hello! I am going to apologize for the pretty much nonexistent posts of late, I will personally try to make sure that I post more often, but I make no promises for my life tends to be busy and overwhelming as you will see in this post.

A QUICK DISCLAMER- this post is not intended to be a pity party for me. I just wanted to share my feelings in a way that may help others so please understand that and don’t think I’m doing this for attention. -Kessa

           I wanted to make this post because I feel that I cannot be the only one who is feeling this way. I am a planner, organizer, cleaner, leader, extrovert, etc. Mess stresses me out, disorganization stresses me out, spontaneousness is not my thing, and I always have to be busy. In case you can’t tell already, I get stressed out really easily. My planning, organizing, cleaning, extroverted, leading nature can be good, but it is often very bad. I tend to forget to go to God with all my troubles, I am stubborn which makes me think I should be able to do it myself. When I can’t I get stressed and emotional, and it turns into a vicious cycle. I cannot say I have conquered this problem, but I do feel that if I share this problem some people who have the same struggles will be encouraged and we will be able to hold each other accountable.

                When I get stressed, I need to learn to remember to go sit down and read the bible, I need to learn to turn to God with all my problems. My advice for you is to take a breath, read the bible, call a friend if that helps. Just stop, take a breath, step back and survey the issue. Pray for wisdom and obey what God tells you.

                Another thing is I tend to be easily offended and certain people just know how to push my buttons. Most of these people probably don’t realize that they push my buttons and I need to remember that and understand that its not really their fault that they are bothering me… its my fault for being too sensitive. In these situations, I tend to be halfway through loosing it at them in a text before I remember to calm down. But if it’s in person I need verses to back up the fact that I know I’m just being dramatic and need to shut up.

Verses I Need to Remember to Help Me-

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” -Philippians 4:6

“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” -Matthew 6:25

“Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.” -Ephesians 6:18

“The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.” -1 Timothy 5:5

“If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.” -James 1:5

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” -Proverbs 3:5-6

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” -Hebrews 4:16

 

I hope this helps you through your struggles and always remember, God is omnipresent, he will always be there when you need him.

-Kessa