Is there a practical, effective way to deal with stress—even eliminate it—when heavy workloads, impending deadlines, and conflicts with fellow employees cause tension on the job?
Once, before sending his twelve disciples to heal and preach, Christ Jesus gave them explicit instructions: "Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
We live in a world that finds its stability in a balance of power among nations—a distribution of strength intended to curb the temptation of one nation to overrun or destroy another.
If we have a journey to make that is really necessary, and we are frustrated by an oil shortage, a strike, a snowstorm, or some other transportation blockage, we may wistfully quote the Psalmist: "Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.