Breaking Through Years Of Emotional Baggage

That old backpack carried years of unforgiveness, bitterness, and pain from my past. I thought I could just talk through things with those who wronged me, ( parents) and we could get all the closure and forgiveness, and all would be well with my soul, but when they didn’t respond to my gesture, but accused me of just wanting to hurt them by talking to them, shunned me for half a year, then calls one day as if all is well, your thoughts of closure are left unfulfilled.

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“My Burden Is Light”

When I think about how difficult things get when I try to face the challenges on my own, it mystifies me why I even try to tackle them alone in the first place. When He says to take my yoke upon you, my yoke is easy… He is asking us to share our burdens with Him, let Him carry the weight of them for us. Yes, we will be there seeing the action first hand, we don’t get a “pass” to get out of the difficult times, but He is there along side, attached to us, by choice, saying “I’ve got this, you just walk next to me”.

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