TRAVELING LIGHT by Max Lucado. Based on the promise of Psalm 23, it talks about how to release the burdens you were never intended to bear. Here below is an extract which I find most inspiring....
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Haven't you been known to pick up a few bags ?
The Suitcase of guilt. The trunk of discontment. A backpack of anxiety and a hanging bag of grief. Add on a briefcase of perfectionism, an overnight bag of loneliness, and a duffel bag of fear. No wonder we are so tired at the end of the day.
Where do we turn for help ? How about an old friend…Psalm 23…
Rest from the burden of a small god. Why ? Because I have found the Lord.
Rest from doing things my way. Why ? Because the Lord is my Shepherd.
Rest from endless wants. Why ? Because I shall not want.
Rest from weariness. Why ? Because he makes me to lie down.
Rest from worry. Why ? Because he leads me.
Rest from hopelessness. Why ? Because he restores my soul.
Rest from guilt. Why ? Because he leads me in the paths of righteousness.
Rest from arrogance. Why ? Because of his name's sake.
Rest from the valley of death. Why? Because he walks me through it.
Rest from the shadow of grief. Why? Because he guides me.
Rest from fear. Why ? Because his presence comforts me.
Rest from loneliness. Why ? Because he is with me.
Rest from shame. Why ? Because he is with me.
Rest from shame. Why? Because he has prepared a place for me in the presence of my enemies.
Rest from my disappointments. Why ? Because he anoints me.
Rest from envy. Why ? Because my cup overflows.
Rest from doubt. Why? Because he follows me.
Rest from homesickness. Why? Because I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
And tomorrow, when out of habit you pick you luggage back up, set it down again. Set it down again and again until the sweet day when you find you aren't picking it back up.
Learn to traveling light.
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