Holding It In Makes You Sick: The Hidden Cost

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  Many of us grow up learning to “be strong,” “push through,” or “keep it together.” But what we rarely talk about is the weight that comes with carrying emotions we never release. Anger. Bitterness. Jealousy. Resentment. Unforgiveness. Hidden hurt. Silent disappointment. These emotions don’t stay neatly tucked away in the heart. The body feels them. The mind reacts to them. And the soul holds them like unspoken stories. The Body Keeps the Score When we bottle up hard emotions, the body shifts into a subtle form of stress response. Even if we smile on the outside, our inside is tightening, guarding, bracing. Over time, suppressed emotions can contribute to: Chronic tension Anxiety and irritability Fatigue and sleep issues High blood pressure Weakened immune system Digestive issues Emotional numbness or shutdown What stays unspoken becomes stored. And what stays stored eventually surfaces — often through the body. Spiritual Truth: God Never Designed Us to...

Trusting God’s Plan Over Our Own

 


Imagine, we've been trying to figure everything out on our own, while God already has a perfect plan for each and every one of us. We often find ourselves striving, worrying, and overthinking. We are reminded in Scripture to seek first the Kingdom, but what do we actually do? We create plans for every situation, every circumstance, every relationship.

We move from what we should do to what we think is best for us.

The world around us is filled with distractions—so many that they blur our focus and crowd our minds. Before we realize it, we’ve overlooked the very thing God has been trying to show us all along. We become busy trying to control outcomes instead of surrendering to divine order.

And still, God remains patient. Still, His plan does not fail.

The truth is, peace comes when we stop striving and start trusting. When we quiet the noise. When we return to Him—not just with our words, but with our obedience, our focus, and our faith.

Matthew 6:33 King James Version (KJV):

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”

We spend so much time trying to plan our lives, figure out every situation, and fix what we don’t understand. But God already has a plan. He already knows the way.

Still, we get distracted—by life, by pressure, by our own thoughts—and we drift toward what we think is best. But Jesus reminds us:

When we shift our focus back to God, clarity comes.
When we prioritize His presence, distractions lose their power.
When we trust His plan over our own, peace follows.

Today, choose alignment over anxiety.
Choose God’s way over your own understanding.
Choose focus over distraction.

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