AT the moment I am in
the process of moving house. Those of you who have
moved house before will know the chaos one faces
during such a venture.
You can't move for boxes
and the 'to do' list steadily increases by the hour.
The one thing I have discovered as I've begun to
pack everything up and clear the junk out, is just
how much stuff I've accumulated over the years.
I've found things I never even realised I had. It
amazes me that one person can fill so many boxes.
Sometimes in life we don't realise just how much
personal baggage we are carrying around with us.
Time goes by and before we know it we have amassed a
load of excess baggage.
Past hurts, regrets, and failings, guilt, shame and
bitterness, all begin to weigh us down. God says
that we are to bring all our cares and concerns to
him for he cares intensely about us.
God wants us to be free from these things, he wants
us to let him be our burden carrier, he is the God
who forgives and says 'I will remember your
wrongdoings no more', the God who says there is now
no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
How long are we going to live life with excess
baggage? Why not give it over to God and let him
carry it for you instead.
By Nicole Le Goupillot, assistant pastor
of Dewsbury Elim Church – on behalf of Churches
Together in Dewsbury.
