Anyone who’s anyone knows that any type of heavy load to carry, weights, groceries, bales of hay etc etc sucks after a while. So we become efficient with carrying said heavy loads. Ever taken two trips with groceries into the house? Heck no! You get it done ASAP with one load! So why don’t we do the same with the issues of life?
I personally worry, all the time, about everyone in my life and every problem they have. It’s just who I am and how I’ve been for years and years and years. I’ve always been the one people came to to talk about there problems with and I’ve always wanted to take the load off of them and make there hurt go away. It wasn’t until the end of month 4 that I knew it was a bigger problem all these years than I realized.
At the end of month 4 my squad leader, Drew, asked me if I wanted to do some inner healing to see if it helped any with what I was going through at the time. It was after that session when I realized that I emotionally take others problems and put them on me whether they realize it or not. And after 23 years of doing so I was beginning to bend so far backwards I was beginning to snap, figuratively that is. I realized that yes I do worry too much about the people around me and yes I don’t give enough to the Lord as I should. It’s not my burden to carry so why should I? I didn’t die on the cross and raise out of the grave three days later so why should I? Were we the ones that were whipped and beaten and spit upon? No, that was Jesus. And Jesus literally did all of that so that we didn’t have to carry problems of our own or others around us.
Why don’t we deal with our burdens the same way we deal with our groceries? With efficiency. It’d be way easier and way more efficient to do what God planned for us to do with our problems and give them up to him. Carry our groceries(problems/issues) in one load into the house(the Lord) and get it over with. Granted what I’m saying I still struggle with but I am getting better. It’s easier said than done and I understand that but it’s time to let go, its time to tear down that “block” and let God in.
