STRESS THE SILENT KILLER

 

We are going into the third year of this pandemic, and this has been a very stressful time. Many of us had to deal mentally and financially with many hardships, and we have our political leaders invoking fear of this pandemic. I have been highly stressed doing this pandemic coping with my medical issues, and just dealing with the health and welfare of my family stress is also known as the silent killer.

 

Stress is a reaction of the body due to any change leading to physical, mental, or emotional tension. It may arise from any occurrence that leads to frustrations, anger, and nervousness. The body's reaction to these feelings is stress.

Stress may bring a positive or negative effect, depending on how it is handled. Stress response may be beneficial in protecting the body. However, stress has harmful effects, becoming a severe chronic condition if not well managed.

I honestly believe that our political leaders have placed a lot of stress upon the American people. I read that Colorado has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation among adolescents ages 11 through 18, which is pretty horrifying. In a lot of this came from not having social interaction with their peers.

It had been said that the COVID-19 pandemic increased its suicide depression anxiety in many other health issues that were not COVID related. I'm sure that perhaps this number went down, at least according to the CDC. I am not sure because numbers can be manipulated just as numbers have been conducted about the number of COVID deaths, including the alleged number of people hospitalized.

We even had one of the Supreme Court Justice make a false statement about the impact COVID-19 had on children, and this is the highest in America; what type of an example it's being set here.

Well, at least the Supreme Court struck down the vaccine mandate coodles. Thank you for doing this.

We all make mistakes, and perhaps this was just an honest mistake. I genuinely don't know because the media doesn't always get it right.

With some much false news, incorrect news, or whatever terminology you want to use, this can lead to a lot of stress within our American system. I think that's why I try not to watch the news.

I wonder whether our leaders realize the stress they have placed upon the American people who elected them. Let's see what God's word says about stress.

Question: "What does the Bible say about stress?"

 

Answer: The dictionary defines stress as "physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension." Some stress is necessary and even reasonable—such as the physical strain we put on our muscles to make them stronger. But when we talk about "stress," we usually refer to excessive or damaging mental or emotional strain or tension. While "stress" is not specifically mentioned in the Bible, Scripture does speak to things such as anxiety, worry, and trouble—things we often associate with stress—and gives us clear answers on how we should deal with them.

 

Everyone suffers from stress at one time or another. How we naturally deal with it depends in large part on who we are. For some, emotional stress causes physical illness. Others might become hyper-productive. On the other hand, some people under stress shut down mentally and emotionally. And, of course, there are a variety of other responses. Stress is a common human experience, particularly in a world where the demands for our time and attention seem to be unending. Our jobs, health, family, friends, and even ministry activities can overwhelm us. The ultimate solution to stress is to surrender our lives to God and seek His wisdom regarding priorities as well as His enabling to do the things to which He calls us. He always gives enough, so we need not be defeated by stress.

 

One common cause of stress is financial. We stress over money because we never seem to feel that we have enough. We worry about being able to pay all our bills, many living paychecks to paycheck. Or we become consu