It has been awhile since I’ve posted here. I failed to live up to my “once a week”. I will try not to be disappointed in myself. Living a life as a student, office assistant, daughter, sister, roommate, friend, band member, middle school leader, and trying to find time for myself has been difficult recently. There is a line from Lord of the Rings where Bilbo describes himself as “butter scraped over too much bread.”
I feel like Bilbo. Or the butter. Take your pick.
Life is hard enough as it is. When you add worry and take the weight of the world on your shoulders, it makes things that much more difficult. There is a story in Greek Mythology about this guy, Atlas. Long story short, Zeus punishes him by having Atlas carry the world on his shoulders. If there is one thing the Greek’s had right, it is this: carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders isn’t natural.
That isn’t the position that God desires you to be in. He doesn’t desire you or me to be propping other people up by our strength. He doesn’t desire you to walk bent over from the weight of worry. He’s got you on a path. He has you in a race. In order to run a race effectively, you can’t be bent over. You’ve to let it go. Hold fast to hope. He’s taking care of everything a lot better than you would anyways. I don’t mean that to sound like I don’t trust you or that you are a bad person. I mean that in saying that I know for a fact that Jesus is a much better candidate for carrying around burdens and people than you are. He’s the best at it. That’s what He died for. That’s what He longs to do for you.
Would you like more good news? Guess what Jesus said when he was walking around on this world that we seem to care about way too much?
In this world you may have troubles. But, take heart, I have overcome the world.
Take heart, today. He’s overcome it. Don’t be an Atlas.
Great word my sweet Bilbo!