Heidi, these days are stressful for sure, and you've spoken of stress for a while now off and on. I hope you are loving yourself by finding meaningful time away to do things you enjoy, alone or with others. It's important to find and have those quiet times, where you can be filled up by whatever is good, where the Lord can refresh your soul. I pray discernment for you in every situation, to close the doors to wherever the enemy is sending stress-filled situations your way. Praying the Lord will give you His peace, and to know what is of Him, and what is not. It is ok to know your limits, and to know where you can involve yourself, and where you shouldn't, before the Lord. The previous two verses plus the one Kolleen posted above are my go-to verses for stress. (Phil.4:6-7) "Be anxious for nothing..." Also, Matthew 11:28-30. "Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy-laden..." Also, John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you..." And my favorite stress relieving verse, that literally saved me from more than a year of terrible insomnia -- and gets me to sleep in no time (thank you Lord!): Isaiah 26:3 "You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You; because he trusts in You". I believe it's important to read these verses out loud from your Bible (or recite them) and do what the verse tells you to do. Think about the words. Stick with it -- it sometimes takes a while for these powerful words to reach our inner beings because of distractions and worry in our minds. Stress can be so destructive -- fight it with the Word! Trust Him -- He wants to help us because He loves each one of us more than we can ever imagine! Thanks. Also for sleeping, Psalm 4:8, In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. Oh dear. In looking that up to copy it in I realized I've been saying Oh God instead of O LORD. I hope He doesn't mind. Thank you Kolleen, Melissa, Paul, Terry. I read the verses out loud and will continue to do so. I copied them on a word document. :rose: :bible :rose: 
