Work has been a bit stressful lately. It's true the saying "when it rains it pours". A few things have gone wrong recently. I gotta say i went to bed on Friday night quite stressed and worried, which is quite rare for me cos usually i can remove from my mind whatever happened during the week once it hits 5pm on Friday afternoon, but this week was a little different. Didn't have a very good night sleep on Friday cos of it. Woke up on Saturday morning feeling quite anxious which again was weird but as i sat at the table eating my thousand year old egg with slim pork congee for breakfast, i began doing my quiet times (daily bible reading) and by God's grace stumbled across this passage.

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” Philippians 4:6-7

It's quite amazing how God can speak to ones heart through his word, at just the right time and with just the right words. This verse reminded me that God is a personal relational God who knows and cares for our troubles. He is someone we can trust and present our worries and requests to through prayer and he is in control. He doesn't promise that all the worries of the world will instantly be taken away and that everything will be fine and dandy once you pray to Him, but he does guarantee peace in Jesus Christ. This peace comes from our identity and knowing who we are, that we are loved by God, loved by Christ no matter what because he has proven this to us on the cross.

As the old saying goes "We don't live to work, we work to live". But i think i'd like to add a bit more to that and to say that "We don't live to work, we work to live and to honor God in all we do". So as i return to work today, all the problems and issues that i left on Friday are still here and will need to be resolved, but i can go about it knowing that what I am doing here at work is to try and honor Christ because of my relationship with God.

Do not worry

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