Old 12-01-2014, 02:53 PM
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lillamy
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Funny you should ask today.

I'm in a situation where work is my main stressor. That's actually a very good thing, because changing jobs is a lot easier (and cheaper!) than changing your marital status...

I had a four-day weekend and was just calm and happy. Went to bed last night and woke up every other hour with anxiety, knowing I'd have to face my unpredictable boss today and not knowing whether it would be Jekyll or Hyde coming into the office. As a recovering codie, that's frightening to me.

I finally woke up 30 minutes before my alarm went off. Instead of sighing and going "oh man -- I wish I could have slept another 30 minutes!" I used the time to pray for people. Whoever God put on my heart. Including my third-cousin-four-times-removed or something that I haven't talked to for years, he popped up as someone needing prayer.

I really do think that started my day off a lot better.

I have the Bible on my bedside table, and I also have Beth Moore's "Praying the Word Of God" (I think that's the name of it?) and those are frequent morning reading for me.
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