Every burden...

At the foot of the cross Where grace and suffering meet You have shown me Your love Through the judgment You received And You’ve won my heart Yes You’ve won my heart Now I can Trade these ashes in for beauty And wear forgiveness like a crown Coming to kiss the feet of mercy I lay every burden down At the foot of the cross At the foot of the cross Where I am made complete You have given me life Through the death You bore for me I’m laying every burden down I’m laying every burden down words and music by Kathryn Scott © 2003 Vertical Worship Songs/ASCAP I love that song so much. It's most definitely one of my life songs. Besides Kathryn Scott being a hero of mine, it just...encapsulates restoration for me. Completely. I'm not sure what my mood is right now in my life. But my emotional state is irrelevant when discussing what God is teaching me. And right now He's showing me a lot about how every burden means everything. I had a pity-party this weekend. It was definitely not the healthiest thing, but a girl on my hall told me to stop before I took it too far, which was what I needed. However, this week God sort of brought me out of that and told me a few things. But back to every burden: God doesn't just want the big decisions like where I'm going to go to school, or what I am going to do with my life--He wants everything. He wants me to lay next semester's classes at His feet. He wants my relationships with my friends. He wants my grades. He wants my self-examination. He wants my worries about time. He wants my self-consciousness about my body. He wants my heart. There is no burden I have that is too small for God to take hold of. He wants me to run to the cross with everything and simply stand there with my arms open and like Christian in Pilgrim's Progress, let it roll off of my back. He longs to take my burdens so my rest is no longer restless, but full of complete and total peace. He wants to relieve me of everything so that my ashes can be transformed into beauty. My roommate said something in our prayer time the other day, thanking God for the grace that she sees in my life. Besides being very touching to me, I completely did a big amen for that. Specifically she was talking about me getting over issues that might offend me really easily, just learning from them and moving on. And if you've known me for more than a few years you know that it hasn't always been that way. But lately God has been asking me every day for all of my burdens--all my hurts and problems and concerns. Come to Me all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. That's the deepest whisper of His heart to me. And as He shows me that He alone is enough to say those words, and that I can trust them, I find that my burdens are rolling off my back. I'm laying every burden down... Harsad, Sarah