You Don’t Have To Carry That

You don’t have to carry that.

Get out from under it.

Let go. 

But what a mess it will be if I let go!

It does not even belong to you.

Furthermore, you’ll probably get hurt if you keep that up.

It is a lot of effort!

Why would you want to do that anyway?

Who made you responsible?

If I don’t do it who will?

Besides, Zeus put the world on Atlas’ shoulders,

and I want to help.

It’s too heavy for any individual.

What you are doing doesn’t actually help.

Ouch! 

I hurt myself. . . literally!

I’m sad that happened.

Here, let me help you get out from under that.

Wow, thanks, that really helps.

Leave it there.

Step away.

Take a rest.

Take a breath.

Relax!

Think about this for a moment. . .

Okaaaay. . .

I guess I have enough of my own to carry. . .

But I don’t see them doing anything about it!

I want to fix it, or at least see it gets fixed.

Don’t YOU?

EXACTLY

Really?

What do you mean?

Whose responsibility is it?

Well, it’s a bit hard to do MY job when you’re in there trying to do it.

Besides, who told you to do MY job?

(That’s a largely rhetorical question. . . .)

OOPS!!

Why don’t you rest right here and watch for a while.

I would also appreciate you talking with ME about these things, 

before, 

during, 

and after I work.

And we can talk while you are resting in ME.

listening to ME,

reasoning together,

and watching ME.

That is How Our Kingdom works.

Yeah but. . .

This is how it was modeled to me.

Yes, I am aware of that. 

But that was then, 

this is now.

We are going back to the way I always intended it to be.

 So, we did it all wrong?

Not all of it.

Besides, I make all things new.

MY mercies are new every morning.

And I know how to make everything work out better in the end for my Beloved ones.

Really?

Absolutely!

MY ways are higher than yours.

After you rest a bit,

and watch awhile,

come up here with ME.

I want you to learn how to build the Kingdom from the original blueprint.

It is much easier than you can even imagine when we do it together.

So, I DO get to help!?!

Yes, but please, let me carry the heavy stuff. . . .

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PS Can you identify any of the many verses eluded to in this conversation?

PPSS Special thanks to my friends Jim & Lisa Leach at Spirit Wind Center.

About the author

Andrea Van Boven (Madden): I like to think I am a radical lover of Jesus, but I live in a house and pay bills and look like I fit in with respectable society, like most people. What goes on in my head and heart are hopefully the things that betray the look of "normal" that comes at first glance. I hope those things inside of me seep out to actions as well as words of hope and encouragement. I pray that these in turn will lead others to know the loving Creator who knows us so intimately that he has a number for every hair on every head.

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