jesus m.d.

i read this article when i got to work this morning. it got me thinking about something that we talked about at the gathering recently and that i have continued to think about since. we talked about how god is interested in giving us our best possible life now (not the olsteen way, just that his plan for our lives is what he wills and is ultimately the best thing for us)

i have had this passage running through my mind alot lately, and i mentioned it in a blog last week i think:

matthew 11:28-30 "come to me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and i will give you rest. take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for i am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest in your souls. for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light"

if god's yoke is light, then why are so many of us that know god so stressed out??

i imagine that my blood pressure is probably pretty decent. if i was prepared to hear my cholesterol count, maybe i'd ask a doctor to check! nonetheless, stress is not a major factor in my life. i know what stress is because of college, but i haven't felt that ugly desperation and anxiety that i remember in a long time...well, maybe the first time i got on the freeway on my motorcycle, but that's another story.

but i attribute all of that to the fact that god has straightened out my priorities, and that i have a different outlook on life than i did at that time. i now realize that there are things that are important in life, and things that are not.

that's not to say that important things cannot cause us stress (school, illnesses in the family, etc). but god does not want to contribute to that stress. and things like prayer, meditation, showing love and not hate, they all have benefits in this life too. maybe in the form of lower blood pressure?