Last night I watched a National Geographic special about the human body from birth to death. The show was very educational. Information about stress really stood out to me. Did you know that stress actually accelerates aging? When we feel super upset, our blood pressure goes up and our heart works overtime which over time causes our blood vessels to harden--lose elasticity, which will lead to a greater demand on our heart to work harder; sometimes causing our hearts to enlarge. In the end, stress is a bad thing.
Did I hear someone say 'duh!'? Yes, we all know that stress is not good for us, but have you ever thought about how pleased the enemy (Satan) is when we are stressed? His job is to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10), and if stress is stealing our joy and destroying our lives, would it not make sense that stress is Satan's tool?
"As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace."Just a word of truth to us, ladies: our friends, our families, our co-workers, our children, our husbands are not our enemies. "For our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the...spiritual forces of evil in the heavens." (Eph. 6:12) Satan wants to destroy our relationships and he will use stress and severance to do it. So watch out!
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness... Hebrews 3:13...
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Thanks for sharing! You' re a blessing!
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