There are certain people that impact our lives.
He was eighty-something, a pastor for sixty some years.
He had agreed to take on the job to find a way to start the healing process in a time of chaos and brokenness.
He taught us to confront the pain, rather than to hide it.
He taught us that pain is a part of our experience of living; how we manage pain will determine how we live life.
He told us that it took him a lifetime, forty years after he turned forty, to figure out how to start the process to be free of pain.
We listened.
We wanted to know.
He said to relax by remembering God is in control. That was it. To relax. The world might be crashing down, but relax.Consider how Jesus said it:
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, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke fits perfectly, and the burden I give you is light (Matthew 11:28-30, NLT).Somehow it seems so hard to do, but in reality God has made a way for us to let go of the pain and pressures of life. Simple really. We are not in control. Bearing the pressures and weight of the world will do nothing but wear us down.
So. Take off the heavy burden that wears you down, trust God with it, and relax.Learning to Kickstart the day relaxed, remembering God is in control,
Kerrie
(written by Kerrie Carlisle Palmer © 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)