Pressure!

Today I’ve got this Billy Joel song running through my mind! Between taxes due next month, my daughter going to college in the fall, paying for school for DeAnn, a bad month (revenue/commission-wise) in February, I’m having a hard time dealing with it all! Oh, sorry… you wanted a light and airy post about how much I like sunshine and whatnot? This isn’t that post! This is just a digital rant to clear my mind and hopefully find my center.

I haven’t found the magic pill that gets me out of all of life’s troubles, and I hear that only death brings that, so I’m happy to have to deal with the realities of life in light of the alternative!I have, on the other hand, found a great little book (the fact that Nelson published it is not the point, and on my blog, I leave “salesman Brian” at the door) that is really helping me stay centered. The book is called, “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young.  I don’t know what the rules are about quoting from a book, so I’ll just paraphrase today’s devotional so you get the gist. Basically, don’t look to anything other than God to find your center, as the rest of the world is spinning out of control, and true peace, joy and love come from God… good stuff.

So this post is hopefully an encouragement to you, as it is I; to help you manage the pressures of life through the lens of eternal things, and remember (saw this on a Facebook post this morning) that all the time we are pursuing Him we are already in His hand. – Tozer

On a related note… I’ve finally learned that God is not some angry kid on an anthill with a magnifying glass waiting for me to go the wrong direction so he can burn me. He’s a loving, kind, generous God with good intentions for me… so today I’m going to have more confidence in God’s ability to lead me, than in my ability to follow Him.

How do you deal with the pressures of life? Got any other books that help you through?

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