picturesfromheaven

I picked up my daughter Jen and her fiance' at the airport last night. It is the first time I was able to meet Churchill, so I must say that I was nervous meeting the man that is going to be taking my little girl back to Uganda to live. Well, Jen is 31, so I can't actually call her my little girl. But as mothers, you know what I mean...

We're running like crazy getting this wedding together by the end of the month, then there was the Heart to Heart fall kick off that demanded so much of my time, and creative energy, not to mention the responsibilities of pastoring multi-sites and...okay, I'll stop. I'll stop because I know you have your own lists of things that are weighing you down. I mentioned these things only to let you know that this picture from God is as much for me as it is for you...

Picture a woman walking, all hunched backed and struggling with each step under a huge weight. I'd say she was glistening, but that wouldn't describe it. She was sweating profusely trying to carry her heavy load. The bag on her back was bigger than she, and it looked like she wasn't going to make it much longer. All of her attention was on putting one foot in front of the other and wasn't paying attention to where she was going. She ran into a large man on her path. When I say large...I MEAN HUGE. He was tall, and his shoulders were broader than the shoulders of football players complete with those big pads. They were so large you really couldn't see up past the shoulders to the face. But you can hear his words...

Listen as he says, "Drop your burdens daughter. They are too heavy for you. They were never intended for you. Give them to me. My shoulders can take it. I can bear them for you and I will take care of them on your behalf if you will trade them for my burden." Then who I knew now to be God, held out a dainty little purse with the word "TRUST" embroidered on the side. Then God continued, "Daughter, your burden is to simple trust me. That's all you have to do. I'll take care fo the rest."

WOW...I know it's a simple truth. But it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO hard to do when the things you are carrying are important to you. Let go... that seems... inconceivable. But that is what God wants you to do right now. He wants you to give...really give to him all that is wearing you down. Give to him your burdens, and as scripture tells us, he will give you rest. Shake your shoulders right now. Shed the weight that is making life so difficult. Give it to God. Give it all to God right now.

PRAY: "Father, I give you my family concerns. I give you my weakness I just can't seem to correct. I give you my financial concerns. ..things that I can do nothing about. I give you well...every weight...every concern...every difficulty. And I declair that I trust you. I trust you with my children. I trust you with their spouses. I trust you with my parents. I trust you with my husband. I trust you with my ministries. I trust you with these prevailing weaknesses in my life. I trust you with my debt. I TRUST YOU!"