Our loving heavenly Father invites us to bring our burdens to Him and accept the strength He offers.
From Psalm 55:22: “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved.”
From Psalm 55:1: “Give ear to my prayer, O God; do not hide Yourself from my supplication.”
Persuasive voices
Filled with weighty stones
Pulling self deeper
Feeling so alone
Despair building up
Fear never ceases
Wanting to just hide
Falling to pieces
Troubles weigh heavy
Overwhelmed with noise
Calling out to God
Seeking faith’s convoy
Tempest storms now calm
God’s grace intervenes
Covering with peace
Wiping burdens clean
His Word restores trust
Our Sustainer speaks
Changing hope’s outlook
Climbing righteous peaks
From Psalm 55:22: “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved.”
Each of us has some area of pain and suffering in life. The world around us would have us run from that burden–to resent it, hate it. Instead, we should embrace it.
From Matthew 10;38-39: “And whoever does not take up the cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for My sake will find it.”
From Matthew 10:38-39: And whoever does not take up the cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for My sake will find it.”
Life’s suffering
World calls out
Run from burdens
Filled with doubt
Wandering
Castaway now
Full of hate
Life’s heavy plow
Overwhelming
Darkness calls
Enemy waits
Man shall fall
Each of us
Jesus teaches
Cross to bear
Pain, it reaches
Taking up cross
Burdens ease
Embrace each one
Mercy sees
Follow Christ
Losing old ways
Find new life
Faith’s hope ablaze
From the words of American pastor and Christian author, Charles Swindoll: “Each of us has some area of pain and suffering in life. The world around us would have us run from that burden–to resent it, hate it. Instead, we should embrace it.”
Never support an experience which does not have God as its source, and faith in God as its result.
From Matthew 11:28-30: “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”
Only the man who follows the command of Jesus single-mindedly and unresistingly lets his yoke rest upon Him, finds his burden easy, and under its gentle pressure receives the power to persevere in the right way.
From Philippians 3:13-14: “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have laid hold of it, but one thing I have laid hold of: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal, toward the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.”
German-born Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was a Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident. Many of his writings express the role of Christianity in mankind’s daily lives. He paid the ultimate price for his activism against the Nazi regime during World War II.
The only way to know the strength of God is to take the yoke of Jesus upon us and learn of Him.
From Matthew 11:29: “Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”
Baby lives each moment
Life revolves around “now”
Without concept of time
Crying for mealtime’s chow
Months gather, move along
Sunrise into sunset
Child understands today
Playing, life’s fun outlet
Seasons bring transitions
Into another year
Life’s pace steps more quickly
Walking without much fear
Adulthood brings worry
Life’s major burdens rise
Innocence vanishes
Searching promising skies
Before morning arrives
Leftover tasks will keep
Today’s curtain descends
Resting, tomorrow sleeps
Walking
With weariness
Life’s heavy burdens
Causing missteps and stumbles
Coming
With light
Our Lord shines
Trusting always in Him
Casting
Our burdens
Upon His shoulders
Jesus will sustain us
Gentle
In spirit
Humble in heart
He will deliver us
Righteous
Reigning above
Immovable spirit
Lessens our taxing burdens
Jesus
Sending protection
The Good Shepherd
Caring for His flock
Sin
Washed away
By Christ’s blood
Our burdens grow lighter
Accepting
His Salvation
Following Jesus Christ
Our Lord and Savior
Patiently
Jesus waits
We come forward
Bearing one another’s burdens
Praying
With devotion
For one another
Reborn again through Christ
Christ
We believe
Follow God’s Son
Victory over our sins
Are you carrying a heavy load? God wants to hold it–and you–in His hand.
From 1 Peter 5:6-7: “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time. Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.”
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