Dealing With the Storms of Life

Dealing With the Storms of Life: 

“Eagles in a Storm”

~ Author Unknown ~

Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks?

 The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.

The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm.

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When the storms of life come upon us - and all of us will experience them - we can rise above them by setting our minds and our belief toward God. The storms do not have to overcome us. We can allow God's power to lift us above them.

God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm.

Remember, it is not the burdens of life that weigh us down… it is how we handle them.

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The Trouble Tree - Dealing with Worries

The Trouble Tree

~ Author Unknown ~

  I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job, a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton truck refused to start. As I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.
    On arriving he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. Upon opening the door he had undergone an amazing transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.
    Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do at the little tree.
    "Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, those troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take care of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again." Funny thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before."

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This is a great story that should remind each one of us that taking our problems and troubles at work, home with us and taking out our frustrations on our loved ones, just simply isn’t fair to them. They deserve your full love and attention…your negative experiences at work (or anywhere else) should have no place in your home.

What is your “Trouble Tree”? Do you have one? Or should you make your own? Where will you leave your worries? Decide today, that you are going to give your family and friends your complete love and attention, and leave your troubles on your own “trouble tree.”

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The Worry Chart

The are many times when each one of us spend too much time worrying about things in life instead of really taking the time to truly enjoy the life that we have. This is a good story that demonstrates that thought.
Some time ago a businessman drew up what he called a "Worry Chart," in which he kept a record of worries. He discovered that 40 percent of them were about things that probably would never happen; 30 percent concerned past decisions that he could not unmake; 12 percent dealt with other people's criticisms of him; 10 percent were worries about his health. He concluded that only 8 percent of them were really legitimate.
                                                                                              Francis G. Ellis
                                                                                                 The Pulpit

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