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reality check

i used to be really stressed out. all the time. or at least almost all the time. i still get stressed, but not as badly as i used to. but it's still a battle to surrender my controlling tendencies to the Lord and trust in his sovereignty - every day.

the past few days i've had more than usual interaction with a particular co-worker. she started working here just before Christmas, so she's still learning how to do her job. and she's super stressed. so much so i think she might give herself a heart attack - or at least high blood pressure. one little thing doesn't go the way she thinks it should and her face gets all contorted, her voice rises, she starts asking "what can i do?!"

and as i've interacted with her on these issues the past several days, i've come to realize several things.

1) the Lord has done a lot of work on me so that i'm not like that any more. for once, i was the one advising her to take a deep breath.
2) it's not worth it.

i do believe with all of my heart that, for those of us who trust in the Lord, He has given us a job in which He intends for us to glorify Him, and therefore we should strive to do the best we can in that place. but at the end of the day, it's just not worth it to worry about it. so something didn't get finished. a deadline was missed. phone calls weren't returned. documents are missing. is it the end of the world? no. did you do you best? yes (let's hope so). then give it up to the Lord and rest peacefully. the only thing really worth fighting for is the glory of our Lord. everything else is just details.

posted by Alexia & Jeffrey @ 9:19 AM