My life has been filled with one disappointment after another. From the way parents have and still treat me, to my work, social life and my dating and married life. The problem with that is the fact that I have shouldered every single disappointment and blamed myself. Not only did I blame myself, I would burden myself with it and carry that burden forever. I guess that is the way I was wired and the type of person I am. Of course than that led to me being taken advantage of by my family, friends, kids and spouses. That then led to my being broken in the inside, just nobody ever noticed. As part of my journey in my faith, I have found God, I have accepted Jesus Christ as my savior and have began to turn my life into one of faith and righteousness. This past week thanks to a very wise and thoughtful friend, I sat down with an amazing person and just talked. It was during this talk he pointed out that disappointments have ruled my life. He then quoted a pair of verses that really hit home: Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” -- Matthew 11:28-30 and Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22. He then told me know where in the bible does it say for me to shoulder the burden, that is Gods will and he will handle that burden for me. He also informed me that the one person that had never disappointed me was God. After that talk, I went to a place along the river for quite reflection I realized the next step is for me to stop making excuses for the events around me. The things that happened to me, werent my fault. I need to put everything in Gods hands and free myself of the burden. I know it is easier said then down when it comes to me, but I am up to the task. The first thing I will do is to start to rid my life of the people that just bring me down whatever I do. I need to cut out the negative. Its like if you are going to cut out sweets from your diet, dont buy five boxes of tastycakes. So over the next few weeks I will start cutting out the negative people in my life and continue to unburden myself. It will take a lot of work, just like with me starting to lose weight but I think both journeys go hand in hand. One I will be shedding pounds from my physical body, the other I will be shedding weight from my emotional body. I end this rather lengthy status with a versus from 1 Peter Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. He has never disappoint me, and for that He is a great starting point.....
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 02:04:37 +0000
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