The last several weeks for me have been extremely stressful and worrisome. Most of it of course created in my own mind.

Thursday for me was a disaster, emotionally. I sat and anticipated what Friday was going to be like for me. My stress level raised, my anger level raised. I was ready to explode. I had a lot of work to do and I kept getting pulled away from it. The more I thought about Friday the more that angry and depressed I got. I thought about calling in sick and/or even quitting.

Friday morning came and I woke up. I definitely had the “dreads”. I sat down at my desk and prayed for just a minute or two and put an entry into my “Letter to the Lord” journal. I prayed for help to get through the day with a good attitude and do everything I can to serve him.

Between the prayer and the writing it was five minutes of work.

The difference between Thursday and Friday were definitely there. I was extremely busy, but my attitude and emotions stayed good. There were a few times where emotions tried to get a hold of me but the Peace of God overwhelmed them. I got a lot accomplished and I came out having a very good day.

It definitely showed me how important that time with God is.