• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Crossroads Professional Counseling

Christian Counseling | Baton Rouge + Prairieville

Providing Professional Christian Counseling and Coaching to the Baton Rouge and surrounding areas.

225-341-4147
  • Home
  • Christian Counseling
    • Marriage
    • Individual
    • Family
    • Children and Teenagers
  • Life Coaching
  • Coaching Programs
    • Life by Design Program
    • Career By Design Program
  • Blog
  • About Us
    • Sue J. Miley LPC, MA, MBA
    • Suzanne K. Jones, LPC, MA
    • Cheryl Brodnax, LPC, M.A., M.B.A., M.S.
  • Contact Us

Take a Moment to De-Stress

June 29, 2016 By Sue Miley

Hi! Thanks for visiting! To make life easier, you may want to subscribe free to my Email feed. !

De-Stress

Stress enters the body from many sources.  Be it the loud horns blaring as you try to make it through the morning traffic maze to the physical stress of muscles aching and breathing labored from a long trek up a mountainside.  More likely from the aggravation of kids needing you while you are trying to cook their dinner, clean up their mess, or merely hiding in the bathroom for a moment of solitude.

Stress is a flexible, all-encompassing word these days with implications mentally, physically, and even spiritually as we are drained of energy, depleted of thought capacity, and dwindling hope.

Ah, but for a few moments to unwind.  To stroll alone between the written words lining the bookshelves of the local library or bookstore.  To stop and really smell the roses and delight in the colorful wildflowers along the way.  Finding our place of peace to spend time with our Savior.

God says we are in the world but not of this world.  This to me is a license to escape the limited, all-popular, state of the times.  The state of stress.

If we understand and believe in our hearts the promise of eternity, it changes everything here in this world.  It becomes small; our stress diminishes in size and repercussions.

But, we have been placed in this imperfect place with flawed people who we love and live with. We want to participate big and fully.  Would this also be diminished if we try to put stress and the world in it’s true place in forever?

The balance is daunting, and quite frankly, beyond us.  Thankfully, we don’t have to do it ourselves.  It is not up to us to strike the perfect combination of concern and intentional living in each today, with the promise that one day none of it will matter, and we will be safe in the loving arms of our Savior.

We can draw on those strong, loving arms today.  We can rest in His capable balance.  We can let him work through us when the stress feels like it is about to swallow us whole.  We can ask for His words to say to undo the undoable in the argument with our spouse.  He will help us envelope our child when that last nerve breaks and we were less than loving.  And in those moments where we find silence to think and to feel, we can be assured of His promise that He will provide rest, comfort and healing so we can go back and face the storms of this world.

Picture it.  Seek it. Take the moment to…

De-stress.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Email
  • Print

Filed Under: Anxiety/Depression Tagged With: stress

About Sue Miley

Sue earned her undergraduate degree in Finance at Louisiana State University in 1986. In 1993 she completed her Masters in Business Administration with a focus on Marketing. In 2004, she earned a Masters in Education – Community Counseling.

Primary Sidebar

Connect With US

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

Blog Categories

  • Anxiety/Depression
  • Career
  • Christian Living
  • conflict resolution
  • Emotions
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Marriage/Couples
  • Mental Health
  • Parenting/Family
  • Transitions
  • Uncategorized

Visit our Christian Business Coaching Site

Crossroads-Professional-Coaching

Where Christian Values & Good Business Converge

Footer

VISIT OUR CHRISTIAN BUSINESS COACHING WEBSITE

Crossroads-Coach-Logo-in-White

SUBSCRIBE FOR RESOURCES, UPDATES AND ARTICLES

CROSSROADS PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING

8280 YMCA Plaza Dr.
Building 10-B
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70810
(225) 341-4147

CONNECT WITH US

Facebook-Icon Google-Plus-Icon Linkedin-Icon Twitter-Icon

Copyright © 2023 · CROSSROADS PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING | Privacy Policy | Privacy Tools

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Reject Read More
Privacy Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT