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Grace & Truth To Cope With Daily Stress

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It seems that in America today; we talk about our stress level like a badge of honor, and we salute those who manage intense stress with apparent grace as battle-tested heroes. 

In fact, I’d be willing to bet that over 3/4 of you reading this right now are living in a constant state of elevated stress. I say this knowing that most Grace & Truth readers are Christian authors and speakers, all working to spread the Gospel. 

But here’s the thing about battle: it always leads to injury or death. 

So why do we live this way, even as we serve Jesus?

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Sharing God’s Comfort, Grace & Truth

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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 NIV

May is mental health month, so over the past few weeks I’ve seen a lot of athletes talking about their mental health struggles as my husband watches boxing or mixed martial arts. Men who keep punching even when blood drips from their eyes are in tears, explaining why their life’s toughest battles are fought not in the ring, but in their mind. 

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Grace & Truth For Life Changes

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So… my oldest son graduates from high school this month.

To be completely candid, I’m a mess.

They finally found something that is helping my migraines, (which is fantastic! – Yay, God!) However, we’ve realized that my head has been in so much pain over the past few years, I was completely numb to everything else.

So here I am, feeling all the feelings I haven’t been, attending scholarship ceremonies, the final state meet of… not just the year, but their lives. And I’m an emotional wreck.

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Grace & Truth When You Need It Most

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Before you do anything,
    put your trust totally in God and not in yourself.
    Then every plan you make will succeed.

Proverbs 16:3 TPT

After having a migraine every day for three and a half years, I’ve finally gotten some relief. My head still hurts every day, but nothing like it use to be… well, most days that is.

My problem is that I’m feeling so much better, I want to complete everything I haven’t been able to do. So I’m trying to do 3.5 years of work in a month.

Let’s just say, it’s not going well.

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Pressure, Grace & Truth

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Intracranial hypertension is a rare brain disease characterized by too much fluid pressure inside the brain. It’s the industrial vice grip my Dad has on the farm, only clamped onto my brain – not my skull – my brain, so the pressure feels like my eyes might just pop out. 

It’s the pressure that brought me to the lowest point in my life, the place where I even considered ending it altogether. 

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