3 posts tagged “stress”
While I really like evite, and think it's cool ... people like me who stress about stuff should never use it. You can constantly check the invite to see who's RSVPd, who's looked at the invitation and done nothing (even though they already said they'd be able to come??) ... it doesn't really change that muchfrom day to day ... hour to hour. Ugh. And then there's the two people who's email addresses didn't like the evite and thus haven't gotten it. Grr. Let's just say it's not a perfect system!
The past few weeks have not been the greatest for me, for a few reasons. This weekend Stephan had a few wonderful meltdown moments that were challenging and so unlike him that we are a little concerned about what's going on with him. For about a week or so we've been looking at TVs and debating whether or not we should spend the money on a new TV when our current TV, while a few years old, is really a very good TV.
Thursday was rough at work, dealing with some students with some tough issues coupled with my own stress. I was so over everything. I'd gotten in two nice walks taking a few students to the Federal Reserve and didn't need to head to the gym ... so I went to Sofa Mart. We got our last couch there and I just thought I'd pop in and see what they had. Figured at least I couldn't walk out with anything since it's not like I had hundreds of dollars in my wallet. So I'd get some retail therapy at no apparent cost.
Ha.
I wandered through the whole store, well, the half with non-leather furniture, and sat in several couches. Found one that I really liked and texted Andy. He was going to check out a couch/loveseat combo on sale at JCP on his way home Friday that while cheap, might have been just that, cheap. Our current couch, also purchased at Sofa Mart (only about 9 years ago) has been great, we loved that it was long and deep and had a high back. So I wanted similar features in a new couch. I've also been coveting a chaise lounge, though not sure one would really fit in our space. The "jigsaw" getup was a perfect mix of everything I wanted!
Andy was not super impressed with the couch/loveseat at JCP, and we weren't sure fitting that much furniture in our living room was a good idea anyway. We went to check out the couch at Sofa Mart Friday and he liked it too. As we were still debating the TV thing and couldn't do both, we decided to wait on the couch and check out TVs. After looking at TVs we decided that a couch was the better use of funds. Maybe come Christmas or next year's Super Bowl/March Madness, we'll be able to get something for a good deal. We went back to Sofa Mart Saturday morning and bought the couch. They are quick with delivery and got it here this afternoon.
I love, love, LOVE it and a friend with a truck is going to help us get the old couch to Goodwill so we'll get a little tax credit on that next year. Can't wait to put Stephan to bed and snuggle up with Andy to watch a movie ... or the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Chuck we have on the DVR.
And one more from the store. They had these cute little toddler chairs ... not worth the $130 but cute all the same.
I give him a teary smile. "You know what? I used to think the creator tested me to discover how strong I was. Lately, though, I've begun to realize he has an entirely different purpose in mind. The author of my life knows everything about me, so he already knows how strong I am. The tests come to me--and to you--so we will know how strong the creator is when he carries us through what we can't handle alone."
What an interesting picture. Life has been kind of a mess lately and I'm working on sorting it all out and cleaning it up. This quote really struck me. I often like to question why? Why am I dealing with this thing, or that thing? Why all these stressful things in my life? Why now? Why am I still going through this, haven't I learned my lesson yet?
Thought provoking to think that I'm going through this mess so I can understand more about how faithful God is and that He is carrying me throught this even as I might be kicking and screaming, "Put me down, I can handle this, let me go, you'll see, I can fix things!" He knows me better than I know myself, to know I really do need to be carried through the mess, instead of spending useless time and energy sorting and cleaning, and all the while staying stuck in the middle of the mess. So when will I finally learn to just rest in Him and let Him carry me through?
