Health concerns, chronic pain, cancer, relationship challenges, caring for an aged parent, work difficulties… the list is endless. We all know we aren’t immune to stress. It’s a part of life. But, we don’t all respond in the same way. Some of us are ‘stress heads’. Some of us are ‘worriers’. However, we can make changes in our lives to manage the stresses in our lives in a more helpful manner. But how?
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In the last few weeks, as I’ve chatted with a number of women, I’ve seen how adept they are at juggling and pivoting. But we have many balls to juggle in life. Our plans go awry, and those balls just start tumbling. And this is when we feel the weariness and stress and think, ‘I can’t keep doing this.’
The question for us as pastoral carers is whether Jesus saw any other significance in laying down his life for the sheep. And consequently, is there a type of sacrifice which Jesus calls his followers in pastoral care to make?
The God of all grace is not remote and he doesn’t simply delegate to others. He is willing, so to speak, to get his hands dirty.
This was a moment of grace, during an ordinary routine, given to me by our creator God. Pumpkins had given me a new song to sing.
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