If you are visiting my blog today after receiving the Kickoff, and the Stress Detox Day One email, then I'm so glad you are here! I pray that your enthusiasm is peaked after kicking off your stress-less journey, and I look forward to your coming back every day to enter to win the giveaways and stay plugged into our sweet sisterhood. (If you are not currently signed up for the Stress Detox, be sure to visit my blog after September 18th so you can get signed up for the next detox journey!)
As I stated last week, my plan was that only those who signed up for the Detox would be eligible for the prizes.
But..but...I have a confession to make - I'm a softie.
You see, I got so excited about the thought of officially kicking off the 10 Day Stress Detox, and giving away all the fluffy goodie bags, that I just didn't want to leave anyone out. My softie traits emerged, and I couldn't help myself. :)
So for all of you who procrastinated about signing up for the Stress Detox, or who simply feel you are not stressed out and don't need a detox right now, I have a surprise for you!
I want to give everyone an opportunity to participate (because who doesn't like to win free stuff?!).
Each day during the detox I will be posting the instructions here on my blog for what you can do to enter to win the daily giveaways. Giveaway instructions will be posted every week day between September 4th - September 18th ( no weekends ).
All 10 Winners will be announced on Wednesday, September 19th, so if you enter to win any of the daily giveaways but you aren't subscribed to my blog already, be sure to check back on that day to see if you won! Or subscribe today to be sure you don't miss out on any pertinent announcements.
So, drum roll please...... Here are your instructions for how to enter the Stress Detox Day 1 giveaway - the very first giveaway of the 10 daily prizes:
A wonderful devotional bookm titled 31 Days of Praise by Ruth & Warren Meyers
A spa loofah.
* Please note: If you are posting as "anonymous", remember to state your first name and your city/state along with your comment., so you can be easily identified if your name is drawn.
282 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 282 of 282I guess my biggest stressor is how I handle things. I hold onto stuff instead of letting go. I am a worrier.
My Biggest stressor right now is my job.
Angie
Mifflinburg, PA
Donna E.
Odessa, TX
My biggest stress or in my life right now is trying to get all of the right people to sign up to help in the areas we need help in our church. If they don't sign up, i always feel like I need to take their place. whew
My biggest stressor is finances. I know the Lord has it all under control, but it still gives me some grey hairs.
I struggle each day to balance God, family, and career. I only accepted Christ into my heart six months ago and was baptized a few weeks ago. I made the decision to stay at home with my children, but finances have me trying to incorporate work through a direct sales company and doing "office" work from home for another individual. Trying to find time to spend with God, while trying to get kids out the door, keep a house functioning, run my business, and keep food on the table has me spinning in circles most days. And honestly, the overhelm has caused me to shut down many times and then absolutely nothing is accomplished.
Kara
Maryville, TN
The thing I stress about the most would have to be finances. I just have to keep trusting God. He has never failed.
Randee
Iowa
The biggest stress factor right now is where to now, I have to make a huge descision on what path to take to starting over alone,
Michelle Cornthwaite
The biggest stressor in my life right now is finding a job.
Today is my birthday so I should feel too blessed to be stressed, if only that where the case. I'm trying to turn all of my stressors over to the Lord. I am a cancer patient who recently underwent emergency surgery with complications. Today our (and I say our because I have the most wonderful husband who tries to keep everything off of me, no matter how much he places on himself) biggest stressor is finances. The Lord knows our needs and I have faith He will provide if we put our trust in Him and turn our cares and worries over to Him. Your blog and your emails are encouraging and uplifting and I couldn't begin to thank you enough.
Jeana V.
Rockwell, NC
My biggest stress right now is that my husband is unemployed and our finances are limited.
After reading today's devotional, I realized my biggest stressor is me! My life would be so full of peace if I would just give my burdens to Jesus completely. If I say that I know he is in control but keep taking back the burden I will never have that peace only Christ can give me!
Melissa
Frisco, TX
We are now in week three of my husband's unemployment. God has opened a door for be to enter back into teaching, we're praying through His will as we adjust.
My biggest stress is getting my house ready to sell because of a divorce. God has been right beside me through this devastating divorce and I am surrendering to Him.
Jill
My biggest stresser right now is someone at my job. I know I am in his life for a reason, to show him the positives in life and to bring him towards Jesus, but sometimes I fear his negativity is wearing off on me instead of my positivity helping him.
Thanks,
Suzanne from Windermere, FL
We are in week 3 of my husband's unemployment. God has provided an open door for me to enter back into teaching. We're praying for his will as we adjust to a new normal.
My biggest stressor in my life right now is deciding whether to go back to school to become a teacher or just stay at the job I'm at. It's been a struggle. I surrender this decision to God. Thank you.
Bissest stressor is finances. Being self employed, having little work. Trying to keep business going and still have time to pursue my dreams.
Hello Tracie, Yes I'm stressed, I've been ill for over 6 years and can't seem to get my life back in order. I've subscribed to your Detox for that purpose. Thank you for the opportunity of winning on your giveaway. God bless you in your work. I pray that this will help me on my way. Kind Regards Mandy Currie (mandycurrie@googlemail.com)
Stress for me centers around the medical issues of my husband. However, we decided to let God control everything and it has given us both a sense of peace. God can handle anything.
LuAnn Waco,TX
My biggest source of stress is constant fatigue. It gets in the way of me being the person I want to be.
The biggest stressor in my life is unemployment. I need a job.
Alene
Bellevue, NE
I didn't think I needed a stress detox until reviewing my morning. After taking my daughters to school (ages 8 and 5), which was hectic, I came home to my part-time job of medical transcription and also began planning my preschool teaching job for tomorrow. Add a husband and a home, and I'm starting to feel overwhelmed.
Kim
Maryville, IL
My biggest stress right now is work--many changes make it more stressful. I am trying to give more of it to God each day so I do not have to feel so anxious.
My biggest stressor right now is my husband's 12 week absence for inpatient rehabilitation for alcoholism. I have already been working on surrendering my own control on this and turning this over to God, but this give me a chance to put it in writing and making the commitment to Let Go and Let God.
My biggest stress right night is finding a way for my family, especially my father, to forgive me and for our family to become whole again. To Accept my decision to forgive my husband and move on with our family.
My biggest stressor right now is handling two employees at work who are direct reports. The both are close to retirement and have negative attitudes. It spreads like a cancer in the office and they feed off each other. Sadly, they are both Christians and I need to handle this in the right way.
Lydia
My stressor is having become disabled this year. Actually, no, that is not my biggest stressor but my family does not seem to accept that I am not the way I use to be. So...that is a stress I do not know how to resolve. Any suggestions? Namaste!
Laurie
Overland Park, KS
My biggest stressor is my 21 year old son who is living with us and SLOWLY looking for a job. He is not being very proactive.
Kathy
Redondo Beach, CA
Stresses in my life are worrying about my sons and their futures - education, jobs, spouses, walk with God.
The unknown in many situations in my life right now. He has it planned out for me--it is hard to remember that in the day-to-day situations, though.
Christine
Dyer, IN
My biggest stress right now is a co-worker who does waits until the last possible minute to turn in paperwork, thereby requiring me to drop my projects and take care of his "fires" (I'm an admin assistant).
Finances are the biggest stress factor. I hit the end of my rope about a month ago. I am learning daily to trust Him more.
The stress factors seem to jockey for position in my life! One week it is struggling son's marriage, the next week it is a too-full schedule; next it is elderly parents problems! I am learning to lean on THE LORD and trust!! He is SO GOOD!
My biggest stressor is my mother inlaw. I have tried my best for years to be a good daughter to her. We have opened up our door to her when she had no place to stay and supported her when she had no income and still she tells my husband and his children who I have raised since they were 6 months old and are now 11 years old that me and my two children are not their family. It creates such a hardship when we are trying to raise the children together.(they all live with us). My husband has recently lost his job and her response to him was why doesn't he take his kids and disappear with her. My first reaction was to go right over to her house and confront with my hurt, what have I ever done to her. It is truly exhausting and my husband is torn between loving me and feeling like he has to choose when it comes to his mother not to mention the children don't get to spend time with her because he doesn't want them around her negativity. I ask God to help me sort my feelings and help me to recognize why I feel the hurt that I do. I thank him for the strength and resource he has sent me for the next 10 day. Detox here I come in Jesus name. Amen. Tina rockland/ NY
The most predominant stressor for me is balancing and providing a god-centered home as a mom and providing for our family at work. I am submitting myself to His will and relying on Him alone!
The biggest stressor in my life is my boss. I have suffered from anxiety, severe gastro issues and a hiatal hernia. I have really been seeking the Lord to help me stay peaceful inside.
Jennifer York
Springfield, Va
So it looks like so far there are at least 288 of us stressed women out here who need this 10 day burst!
My stressor(s):
1. My cancer--healing form my most recent surgery just 2 weeks ago.
2. My girls -- they need me so much and have so many hurts to heal and wounds to soothe and growing to do (ages 11 and 8).
Lord Jesus---right here--right now--I turn these stressors over to you for You to deal with--however You want and need for Your glory and our growth. Amen!!!!
My bills and my 4 year old who makes messes all over and has been mean to her brothers :(
The biggest stressor I have right now is balancing work and family with starting a speaking ministry.
Janet
Galax, VA
This couldn't come at a better time! Lots of major changes in my life... and all so out of my "control" I find myself saying "if only" more often than I care to admit!
Eliza
Simsbury CT
My biggest stressor right now is not being in control of my situation. And when are we really? God is in control, and I need to let Him be the God of my circumstances.
My biggest stress-inducing life problem revolves around my 2 friends. It's the one major thing that gets my emotions all riled up. I hope to be able to get over it soon, by the grace of God.
My job, not being where I think I should be in life, finances, and anxiety at times, are a symptom but still stress me out. I have given them to God and today has been amazing! Charmaine :)
My biggest stressor is health...an undiagnosed problem. Praying, at trying to take it one day at a time!
barbaraswarthout@ymail.com
I have several stress factors in my life, but the one that stresses me out the most is finances.
Let's see, where do I start? Today's devotional of stress free detox couldn't have come at a better time! :) Between the stress at work and being a single mom of 2 kiddos, I can relate to alot of the IF statements BUT I am learning to lean on Him and depend on Him only. Learning is the key word.
Toni S
Fort Worth, TX
My biggest stressor would probably be finances. I need to be a better steward of the things that God has given me.
Dusty
Browns Summit, NC
Managing life with two energetic, gifted boys along with full time work and domestic duties.
Lucretia smith
Shepherd, mt
My stressor at this time is moving my son 9 hours away to FL to go to college.
My biggest stressor right now is trying to sell a home in this market and trying to keep it spotless to show
My biggest stressor right now is trying to sell my home in this market and trying to keep it spotless for showing which is almost impossible with a black lab!!
My stressor is the demands from the state to be a miracle worker as a teacher.
Texas
My biggest stressor right now is feeling like I have to be a referee between my teenage son and my husband. I'm going to try to lay that at the feet of Jesus and with His help not pick it up again. The joy of the Lord is my strength, I need it right now.
My biggest stressor right now is pressure from the demands of my job as well as several of my coworkers.
Emily
SC
Deb
Arizona
My stressor today is health and I declare that today, I am giving it to the Master!
The biggest area of stress in my life right now is finding the balance of home-life, homeschool, & activities outside the home. As a bit of a side note, today was an apex of this stress mountain. In God's perfect timing, He gave me a little extra time tonight, in which I caught up on 2 of the Proverbs 31 devos & the message written by Tracie Miles was one of those devos...how perfect for this day, even though I received it 2 weeks ago! I look forward to what God has to speak to me through the stress detox. :)
The biggest stress factor in my life right now is the possibility of our generational family farm being split and losing my family (siblings)as a result.
Nancy
Hickman, KY
My greatest stressor at this moment is in my workplace. A workplace injury, two difficult relationships with co-workers, and most recently, a pending decision whether to interview for a promotion are leaving me drained.
Biggest stressor right now juggling another school year with schedules and little ones and meals and laundry and housecleaning and walking the dog and exercising myself...
One day at a time.
Karrie
Alaska
My biggest stress is my children's character and behavior, not really knowing how to guide them, though we do read bible stories and stories related to Christian values. Sometimes my younger one will just scream and cry although I thought I have not tolerated this kind of behavior before, it might have crept in during my most tired and stressful times.
Cheryl Goh
Singapore
In 1980, I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Though I have always loved God, it was my desire to ‘earn’ love from my alcoholic earthly father at any cost that lay the foundation for my pathological, fallacious obsession with the perfect marriage. Though I had been a believer for all of my life and a professing Christian since the age of 16, my lifetime of struggle to be accepted and loved blew up in my face with the discovery of my husband’s second life in 2007. It was then that my obsession with ‘performance = love’ turned to workaholism, and in March of this year, God reached into my soul and changed my life forever.
Jesus intervened, blew the door off the hinges, and rescued me from a life of pain.
Today, Jesus is providing for my every need, and I am trusting Him to carry me through this season of transition.
Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world.
Thank you, Tracie, for sharing your insights. I am looking forward to reading your book and learning more about 'Stressed-Less Living'!
A lot of my stress is self-inflicted; I tend to desire to control and plan things out in a very set fashion, and, naturally, I am often the only one who gets the memo about the way I think things should be. Thankfully, God has been teaching me to let go sometimes and just watch Him work. A stresser I cannot control is the amount of time my husband must often spend working a second job; during those times, I feel as though I lack help I need to care for the spiritual and emotional needs of our three very young children because he is not home while they are awake.
My biggest stress is worrying about the future
Kristen
Dayton, OH
My biggest stressor is clutter,disorganization. I am so over whelmed by this I don't know where to start just the thought of tackling it discourages me.
My biggest stressor is being a new mom to our 8 week old. So many things to learn and balance.
Laura
Shelby, MI
Working with my husband and his family. small family owned business and work with his step mother and brother. days can be tuff, I am thankful for my faith that carries me through each of them!
working with my husband for the past 12 years and his stpemother and brother. times get tuff, but I am grateful for my faith to carry me through each day!
Rebecca said......
Despite being 46, happily
married with 3 children,my dear mother's comments many times goes right through me and cause stress to build up. God is good and faithful and I know that this study will help me to rid my mind of toxic thoughts in order to continue to love her with His help.
Australia
My biggest stresses are my two teenagers and my marriage.
My biggest stress is my desire for my two teenagers to follow the Lord.
Biggest Stressors: knowing we are supposed to become missionaries and not seeing how finances (consequences of our lack of faith) will be provided... Praise the LORD He is Jehovah Jirah!
Trista
Middlesex, NC
My biggest stressor is dealing with my mom being at the end of her life and being over 1000 miles away and leaving my family every few days to spend a few days with her and my dad. I blessed to be able to do it, but it stressful.
Cynthia Q, Tempe, AZ
My biggest stress factor is my job followed very closley by my marriage.
My biggest stressor right now is my health. For the last 2 years have been dealing with hip pain. At this point am basically bed ridden. Because of the so far undiagnosed problem (finally found a doc that has an idea but haven't been able to get appointment scheduled with person to confirm), can't work so lack of $ coming in to pay bills adds to the stress of the pain & everything else I can't do for myself & my family.
My biggest stress right now is my youngest daughter.
Emily S
Azle, Texas
I think I would say finances are my biggest stress these days (although other things often add to the stress each day). My husband and I have made a decision to allow (and encourage) our children to attend a Christian College. Although this education is costly, we feel that it is worth the extra $$ to have good principles and character instilled in our children. With one child already in college (and on the "5 year" plan), I worry about how we will afford this same opportunity to our youngest child. Although we make a steady income and live a comfortable moderate life, the rising cost of everything has set us back a bit in the savings area.
The biggest stressor for me right now is the unhappiness of others in my household. I just want to fix everything as a mom and wife, but some things are simply out of my control.
My top stressors right now involve my health and my kids. I just finished up a very hard, 2 yr battle with an aggressive breast cancer and in April was told I was cancer free, ALL praise to Jesus! However, my husband and kids have suffered through all my treatments, pain, illness and the basic worry that I might die. My family was brave and did their best to survive with me out of comission for such a long time, but it has taken it's toll on them and on me, physically of course and mentally.
In addition, my daughter who is 13.5 yrs was diagnosed with a depressive disorder. She was hospitalized for a week and has had to go through inpatient and outpatient therapy. She was suicidal this summer. My heart is broken. I worry over her soooo much. Praise Jesus again for a good friend who called the police who came to the house and everything came to a head. I know Jesus has her and saved her, but it is sooo hard for me to not worry and hover daily. Sigh. I just need His peace to get through all this.
Melissa in Concord, CA
I have two young children (8 and 5). My husband revealed 3 years ago he had acted out with porn for 2 years without me knowing and lost his job because he expenses the porn at work. Tried to work on marriage...he kept getting more angry...1 year later he revealed he was lying to me and counselors and community group and he had an affair several months later....I still desire reconciliation and keep trying....6 weeks later I'm diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. Husband is trying to start business in other city while I fight cancer. Me and kids supposed to move to that city. 5 months ago husband walks out. Lives in another city, visits kids once every three weeks, files for divorce and is not looking back.
My biggest stressor right now is having to move my son 9 hours away to go to college.
The biggest stressor right now is being a working mom/wife and trying to keep up with the house, healthy meals, activities while still getting enough sleep and not engaging in the attitudes. Obviously I'm not doing so well with some of the above as I am stressed about it all!
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