How do I cope with anxiety and stress?

Anxiety and stress have always been a part of life.

Yet, in this current COVID-19 pandemic, we are all facing circumstances that we have never dealt with before. Worldwide we are experiencing job losses, unexpected illnesses and fatalities, financial hardships and isolation from friends, co-workers and family.

How do we cope with the anxiety and fear resulting from something bigger than any one of us, any nation or any one solution?

The best way is to give that fear up to God. When you have a relationship with God, you can fully give yourself and your situation over to God, and rest in the knowledge that nothing happens without his awareness and power to intervene in situations that seem hopeless. 

The Bible says, “Don’t worry about anything, pray about everything and be thankful in it all and His peace will guard our hearts and minds as we live in Christ.”

In doing this, both the thoughts in our mind and our emotions will be aligned with a God who loves us and cares for us completely. Even in uncertainty, by daily trusting in God we can find peace and confidence in him.

Will you consider consciously turning your anxiety and stress over to God who has promised that he loves each one of us and wants to carry our burdens and make them lighter?