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Too Blessed To Be Stressed

Posted by Joyce Wachsmuth on

“Too blessed to be stressed. Too anointed to be disappointed.” Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks quarterback.

As some of you know, I enjoy watching football. Honestly, I not only enjoy it, I look forward to watching the game with great anticipation! During the holidays Doug and I watched most of the college bowl games. I went to a small high school in Laupahoehoe, Hawaii and we did not have a football team. I went to my first real football game in college at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. I was on a date and I asked my date, “So, what is this game all about?” He looked at me like I was from a different planet. He said, “See the white posts on each side of the field? Each team is trying to get to the white post.” It sounds really funny now because I have become much more of an enthusiast for football in the last twenty plus years. Our sons played high school football and, as a mom, I enjoyed watching them play. But, really I became an enthusiast of the game because I wanted to be involved with something that Doug enjoyed. We attended a marriage workshop where the counselor mentioned that men love the activity of something and women enjoy the relationship of the activity. I enjoy talking to Doug about the game. I enjoy watching the interaction of the coaches with their players. I enjoy reading about the players and their personal lives.

So, on Sunday evening after the exciting win of the Seattle Seahawks, I decided to check out more about Russell Wilson, the quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks. I knew that he was a strong Christian. He is very clear about being a follower of Jesus and his motto is “Too blessed to be stressed. Too anointed to be disappointed.” I love one-liners like these! It really is a shorter version of Philippians 4:6, “Do not be anxious or worried about anything but by prayer make your requests to God.”

We are blessed and anointed by God. In the last week I have said these phrases to myself when I felt stressed or disappointed about something. Readjusting and realigning our thoughts and actions to the will of God is part of being a disciple of Jesus and a follower of Jesus. By being in the Word daily we have an opportunity to have Jesus speak to us and through the Holy Spirit. He gives us the power to obey and live in freedom. I don’t know what is ahead in 2016, but I know that Jesus has blessed and anointed me and I will trust Him in all things because He is the blessed controller of all things. The next time you get stress try saying to yourself, “Too blessed to be stressed. Too anointed to be disappointed!”

Lord Bless you in 2016!

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