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I have no desire to have children.”

I am unable to have children.”

I don’t get along with my parents.”

My husband is not a leader in our home.

I really don’t know what I want to do with my life.”

I’m worried about my children.”

I’m overwhelmed. Will I ever get used to have TWO children?”

My husband might lose his job.”

These concerns have come from people who are burdened. These are the details of life that can seem so big. Even consuming at times. I love what Elisabeth Elliot says to do when we are overwhelmed with the details. She says, “Just do the next thing…” So simple. Yet it can be easy to forget that we need to focus on doing what we’ve been given to do this moment and leave the details to our God.  Can we trust God with the details?

Matt. 11:28-30 tells us that God wants to carry the details for us.

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. (I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.) Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls. For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good-not harsh, hard, sharp or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.”

It is a comfort to know that God is personally involved in all the details of our lives and He is more than capable of carrying them!! We can “do the next thing” and trust Him with the rest!

Simple truth.

Important reminder.

QUESTION: WHAT ARE YOU STRUGGLING WITH RIGHT NOW THAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN’T GO ON? HAS THIS ENCOURAGED YOU TO KNOW YOU CAN DO THE NEXT THING WHILE YOU REST IN THE ONE WHO CARES ABOUT THE DETAILS?

 

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