stress comes from inside yourself...

here is something else that is important to see in handling worry and stress.

to reduce stress in your life you must change the way your think. the stress is in yourself not outside. your mind is a special gift from GOD and your mind is capable of storing over 100 trillion thoughts. it can handle enormous things. and you have been given by GOD the freedom to choose what you think about.

here is what paul says. philippians 4.8 (ms), summing it all up, friends, i'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.

summing it all up, he says, you need to chose what you think about and think about the right things. what we put into our minds affects our lives.

what i see that some people allow to enter their minds, no wonder they are under stress. many people, even CHRISTians, are totally careless about what they allow to enter their minds. they are allowing into their minds all kinds of trashy garbage and reading material and movies and songs that are downers. then they wonder why they are depressed.

what you think affects the way you feel; the way you feel affects the way you act. guard your mind. keep your mind on the right things.

just a thought from the front porch…