Purpose in the Pressure // The Sunday Scaries

It’s been a perfect weekend. Everything went better than you could’ve hoped. In fact, you don’t want it to end…and that’s when it hits you—Monday is coming. Suddenly, a sense of impending doom invades your thoughts, and your mind begins to race with deadlines, responsibilities, and challenges that lie in the week ahead. This feeling is called "The Sunday Scaries"—a very real phenomenon in our culture. But let’s be honest...your anxiety and worry don’t only go to work on Sunday nights. They can strike at any time and any place. And to be the people that God designed us to be, we can’t always live in the grip of our fear and worry. It’s time for us to break free from “The Sunday Scaries” and inject hope and confidence into our lives.

It was Winston Churchill who stated: "Never let a good crisis go to waste”—meaning that even in a horrific situation, you can find opportunities in the obstacles. That’s good advice, especially when it comes to our fear and worry. Even in the midst of the harshest pressures of life, we can know God will walk with us to bring purpose out of the pressure.