Thar She Blows!

Are you on overload, about to blow?  Join the club, sister!  Sometimes I feel that if someone just looks at me wrong, it'll all come spilling out in a flow that could drown us all.

So how does one contain all that stuff boiling over the edges of our heads -- great ideas (yet realized), prayer needs, tasks undone, things we need to write on the calendar?  We don't!  Dump it!  One of the best techniques I've learned recently is the "brain dump" from HeatherO.  You can read about it in her blog. The idea is that you spend a few moments writing down all the stuff you have swirling around in your head, then take a few more moments organizing it into tasks that are easy to accomplish.

I've even started using this concept to help with my overflowing heart.  When I'm feeling overwhelmed emotionally, I can deal with it much more easily if I pour it out onto paper and look at.  Name it. Pray over it. Release it. It's a great tool.  I encourage you to try it.  Heavy minds and heavy hearts are hard to carry around.

Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

Matthew 11:28-30 (New Living Translation)

Blessings,
Steph