“If you don’t learn how to deal with pressure you will never live the life you were created to live.” ~Erwin McManus
If I may be candid for a moment… coping well with pressure seems to be my greatest struggle and weakness in ministry and life in general. The colleagues in ministry I bump into that in their pressure-filled roles speak escapist language and dream escapist dreams… in them I see a reflection of my own tendencies to escape, run, hide and live a lesser life.ÂÂ
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Then there are those in my life who have been utterly damaged by pressure. The casualties. Resigned to being “done” after having tried and failed to survive pressure. Now even just the slightest pressure is crushing to them… beyond their capacity to cope. In them I fear how I may end up.ÂÂ
How do you cope with the pressure of job, ministry, finances, life in general? Do you tend towards escapism? Or do you thrive?
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