Holley Gerth - What Your Soul Needs for Stressful Times: 60 Powerful Truths to Protect Your Peace

Whats causing you stress right now? Maybe its a bad day or a busy schedule, the headlines on your television or the news you got from your doctor, family challenges or the latest project at work. You find yourself asking questions like...

Whats going to happen?

How will this all work out?

Why do I feel so tired sometimes?

If that sounds like you, then this little book is an invitation to pause for a few moments of peace and strength each day. As a bestselling author, counselor, and life coach, Ive worked with thousands of people who feel like you do. Ive personally struggled to deal with stress in my life too. Youre not the only one, and you dont have to handle this alone.

Ive learned how you can deal with the stress in your life, and Im excited to share it with you! Ill give you spiritual truth to soothe your soul and practical tools to apply that will make a difference. You really can live with more peace and less pressure, more calm and less chaos, more worship and less worry.

Imagine waking up to each new day with more hope and facing the future with confidence, even when life is hard or the world seems to be falling apart. Imagine being able to give your friends and family the steady support they need in their stressful times.

Stress is inevitable, but letting it control our lives is optional. Youve already taken the first step toward a new way of living by reading these words. Ill give you what you need to keep moving forward no matter what happens.

Lets start this journey together today.

God replied to Moses, I am who I am . Say this to the people of Israel: I am has sent me to you.

Exodus 3:14

Think of the last moment when you experienced stress. It could have been at home or in traffic, in your kitchen or in a conference room, in the hallway of a hospital or as you scrolled through social media. It might even be right now as youre reading these words.

What do all the times we experience stress have in common? The outcome feels uncertain. We dont know if our dream will succeed or fail, if the conflict in our relationship will get resolved, or if the test result will come back the way wed hoped.

Humans feel stress when we experience uncertainty, and theres plenty of it in our world right now. It seems in the middle of all the challenges we face, some people have unshakable faith, that they never struggle with questions or doubts, fears or messy spiritual failures. Its best you know right up front that Im not one of them.

Instead, I often find myself worrying about the future. I picture the worst-case scenariothe world falls apart, completely runs out of coffee, or I make an epic and unredeemable mistake. Then I start asking, Where are you, God? Why wont you help me?