Is this really my issue?

I do want to point out, friends, that time is of the essence. There is no time to waste, so don’t complicate your lives unnecessarily. Keep it simple—in marriage, grief, joy, whatever. Even in ordinary things—your daily routines of shopping, and so on. Deal as sparingly as possible with the things the world thrusts on you. This world as you see it is fading away. (1 Corinthians 7:29-31 MSG)

We spend a great deal of time and money complicating our lives. We enter into agreements that leave us over-extended and stressed out. We take on the worries of others when there is nothing we can do about them. We open doors that should have remained shut. In other words, we allow complications that should have been guarded against. This world will always thrust things on us that are more than we want to handle or more than we should try to handle. We need to exercise God's wisdom in not taking on the things this world sends our way that might have been best for us to just leave alone.

When we take on unnecessary worries, we are taking time and energies away from those things that require our attention. God will never give us more than we should bear at one time is really not a scripturally sound belief. He does not allow us to face temptation without a way of escape. The things we think God shouldn't have put on our plate right now are not all his doing, are they? Some of those pressures are caused by others, some by this world's systems, and others by our own senseless indulgences. Those added pressures we are having issue with right now might require us to unload what we have packed into our lives.

Time is short. The best we can do is live life well within the time we are given. Freeing ourselves from complications might just help us to live more balanced lives. Whenever pressures mount, we can either embrace them in our own strength or we can ask God to show us what we are to do with them. He will likely show us some need to be quickly set aside and we need to be willing to say they are not going to be addressed now or maybe ever. Some will need quick attention and then we need to move on. When we hold onto stuff and don't address those things in his wisdom, we find our plate gets way too full.

Make the most of the time in your day. Begin it well by spending time with him first. Seek his wisdom in knowing what needs to be addressed today and if it is to be addressed by you or another. Before you bring issues into your life, stop, think, ask for his wisdom. You might just find that he tells you they aren't you issues and to let them go. We don't need to address every little thing just because we think we know how. Sometimes the "know how" of another needs to be grown and that issue rightly fits on their plate! Just saying....