Today we talk about the myth that God will never give you more than you can handle, but in truth he does. Our very need to come to Christ in the first place confirms that we cannot make it on our own. Jesus invites all of in Matthew 11:28 who are tired and carry heavy burdens to come to him for rest.
Put something down this week. Prioritize. Remember that the gift of too much teaches you to say “or” instead of “and”. Just because you think you can do more doesn’t mean you should.
Hand something off this week. Delegate. It might be something on your task list that someone else at work could do, or it could be sharing and redistributing some tasks around the house. It could also be stepping up and getting real about some emotional burden that you have been carrying alone. Speak to someone…find someone you can trust…take a risk and hand off a burden to someone that can walk with you.
Give something to God this week. You were never meant to carry your burdens alone. An old hymn we used to sing as a boy said “burdens were lifted at Calvary”. Think about it…burdens lifted…your load lightened…good stuff. Cast it…release it…throw your burden to a loving Father.
Remember as we finished up our service, His grace flows down and covers you this week. Amazing love, now flowing down from hands and feet that were nailed to the tree…it covers you and me. It covers me when I put something down, and when I hand something off, and when I give something to God. It covers YOU.
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John, I was checking out Fox News online and saw this story( I pasted it below, sorry if its a little long) Talk about God giving you more than you can handle! I don't know what else can be said other than lets pray for this hero and that he will turn to God to help him through this. Leslie Worley
DALLAS — All three young children of a wounded Iraq veteran and his wife have died following a car accident that happened on their way to visit their father in a hospital.
Three weeks after his two siblings died in the Oct. 13 accident, 9-year-old Tyler Johnson died Saturday at Children's Medical Center Dallas.
Army Spc. John Austin Johnson was waiting for his wife, Lisa, and the children to visit him at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio when the crash occurred on Interstate 10 about 12 miles east of Ozona.
Authorities said Lisa Johnson overcorrected the steering in her sport utility vehicle when she encountered a gust of wind on the drive from El Paso, and the vehicle rolled at least four times.
Two-year-old Logan and 5-year-old Ashley died at the scene. Tyler suffered massive head injuries.
Investigators blamed the accident on a combination of high speed, drowsiness and powerful wind, but said Lisa Johnson was driving at the speed limit.
The three children were in the back seat. Logan was in a child seat, but the other two children were not wearing seat belts.
A family spokesman, Sgt. 1st Class Eugene Schmidt, said the Johnsons were too upset to talk publicly.
Johnson, who is stationed at Fort Bliss, survived five brushes with improvised explosive device blasts during two years in Iraq, Schmidt said last month. The latest caused a traumatic brain injury and he speaks with a severe stutter.
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