6 May, 2011
Cupcake & Stress
South Carolina university offers array of stress-busters, including puppies to cuddle
Late one recent evening, more than 200 students at the College of Charleston emerged from the college library and nearby streets and descended like locusts on a patio table holding boxes of cupcakes. It is final exam week at the downtown Charleston, South Carolina liberal arts school founded in 1770.
Cupcakes and other snacks, massages, yoga classes, Zumba dance sessions, guided meditation and peer counseling are offered to stressed-out students each year.
story & image courtesy or msnbc
Matthew 11:28-30 (The Message)
28-30"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."
1 Peter 5:6-7 (New International Version, ©2011)
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
What does God's Story scripture teach us about Stress?
Stress. We all cope with it in different ways. This college gave students the abiliy to chose different outlets from food, to massages, to puppies. I love puppies. But more than puppies I love when something in our life stops us and cause us to realize wow I have been running like crazy. Its the puppies in our lives that make you take a double take in life. God understands that life gets crazy. God also desires to take away that burden of craziness. The Matthew passage from the Message vs 30 says, "keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely & lightly." Living this way is about our attitude toward life, and as we walk with God, he will teach us to live just that way. How refreshing is that to know that we just need to hang out with Him, and He will guide every move.
Don't allow yourself to be caught up in fixing your own stress. As it says in Peter, "Humble yourself", & know that we cannot do it alone. You have not failed, you are just leaning on God strength. If He created this earth, if He knows the number of hairs on my head before and after I brush them, then He can carry all or our worries, anxieties, cares, & fears, because He is just that amazing.
- What do you do when you are stressed?
- Do you need to apologize to any one that may have been in your path of stress?
- Ask yourself are you tired? Are school, family, or friends wearing you out?
- Get away with God, tell Him you are tired, ask him to take away any anxiety.
- Ask him to show you good & uplifting ways to de-stress.
- Take time to rest and recover your life.
How can I connect today's story, God's Story scripture, and my story to others?
Talk to your friends about this college, and how they bring puppies and cupcakes to de-stress during finals. Ask your friends what they would want to de-stress from life? Share about what it is like to just have someone (God) take away that stress & dream with them about what it would take to live free & lightly.
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