I have recently considered pulling out one of my favorite books "Tramp for the Lord" by Corrie Ten Boom. If you know anything about me... she is my hero. I would have loved to have met her. To have sit with her and drink up her life experience and have her pour into me what she knew. But since she is no longer with us in this life, her books with have to do.
Going about my morning, I was thinking about a situation I have been dealing with. You know, I really thought I had dealt with this already. But, actually I only compartmentalized it. In mediating on the Lord and this circumstance I remembered something I read by Corrie Ten Boom. Just in case you haven't heard about her I will share a little bit about her. If you have, bear with me.
Her father was a watch maker and they lived in a town outside of Amsterdam. Every so often he would board a train, with a very large suitcase, for Amsterdam to get parts for his watches. Plus, there was an atomic clock in Amsterdam he would set his clocks by while he was in the city. One day when Corrie was about 9 years old, she road with her father to Amsterdam. The day before children at school was talking about something adult in nature and she didn't understand what they meant. She asked her father but he never responded to her queries. They proceeded about their morning and then boarded the train to return home. Her relationship with her father was such she would do whatever he would ask her to do without a question. So, when it came time for their stop he turned to her and asked her to grab the large suitcase. Knowing it was almost impossible for her to lift, she tried anyways. She told her father she couldn't. He said, "Correct! Some things are too heavy for you to carry and you must leave your father to carry them."
I am reminded of this story again today. There are some things that are too heavy for me to carry. I must allow my Father to carry them for me.
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. I Peter 5:7
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. Psalms 55:22
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