What happens when you get squeezed?

I’d like to ask ‘what comes out when you get squeezed’? But you might like that question even less. The problem with being squeezed (which is what STRESS does – anybody got any of that?) is that what’s on the inside gets on the outside and then everybody can see it.

I was talking to a close friend, recently, who said, “I just don’t seem to be as happy as I used to be.”

As soon as he said it, I knew EXACTLY what he was talking about. My friend was feeling overwhelmed.

What do you do when you feel like you just can’t take one… more… step? (Can you relate?)
Many years ago before I was a pastor, I had a job working in technology sales. I was assigned to a branch that didn’t want any female salespeople in their office. Ugh!

They drive me crazy!
He’s an idiot.
I just can’t win no matter what I do.
I’m trying so hard, and nothing works!
I’m depressed.

What happens when we run out of gas? We go and go and go until…

-we have no ‘nice’ left inside of us and what we don’t like starts creeping out
-we lay in bed exhausted, but can’t sleep
-relationships that have always been strong get strained, and we wonder what is wrong with ‘them’