What is in your back pack?
That bag on your back
that comes with you
wherever you go.
It gets heavier and heavier
because
what you are carrying
you are just carrying around
wherever you go
and as long as you are carrying it
the heavier it gets
reminding you every second of
what you are carrying
because it is heavy
and you get tired
but you just can't let it go.
What is in your backpack?
Is it a
Book of
Disappointment, Despair, Worry
or
Is it a
Book of
Grief, Loss, Uncertainty?
Whatever it is
You keep reading the same book
without even reading it
because you feel the weight of it
every second of every day.
But
what if
you unzipped your
backpack
and took each book out~
then what?
You would have to touch it.
You would have to read the title.
You would have to acknowledge that it is there.
But
what if
you returned each book.~
Where would your worry be
Where would your uncertainty be
Where would your ____________ be?
.Returned,
but not to the library,
because why burden someone else?
So instead~
you leave it
at the
Cross.
Just as Christian did,
the main character in the
Book
Pilgrim's Progress~
Now I saw in my dream Christian walking briskly up a highway fenced on both sides with a high wall. He began to run, though he could not run fast because of the load on his back. On top of the hill, he came to a cross. Just as he got to the cross, his burden came loose, dropped from his shoulders, and went tumbling down the hill. It fell into an open grave, and I saw it no more.
Unburdened
Now Christian’s heart was light. He had found relief from his burden. He said to himself, “He has given me rest by His sorrows, and life by His death.”*
Unburdened
because
you aren't reminded every second about the heaviness,
because it is off your back.
What is the title of our heaviest book in your backpack?
We all have one.
Are you ready to leave it at the Cross?
Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” Matthew 11:28-30
Now instead of carrying a heavy backpack with you
Wherever you go
He is with you
wherever you go
carrying it for you.
Let's go return some books~
because I have some that are way overdue!
Back to Basics
Back to School.
*Thomas, James. Pilgrim's Progress in Today's English (p. 39).