God has told me to give Him my burdens, remember?
Cast your burden upon the Lord, and He will sustain you.
Psalm 55:22

I sincerely want to do this. I know He is much more capable than I am when it comes to handling life’s problems. He’s always present on the scene, able to choreograph circumstances to the best interest of the person for whom I am concerned. I know these things, but do I really trust Him to handle the burdens I give Him?

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I had several sacks to give to the Salvation Army, so I called to ask them to come by, then placed the sacks on the front porch so they could pick them up whether I was home or not.

Thursday was pickup day. But I got my days mixed up and thought they were to come on Wednesday, and when they didn’t show up I thought that they had forgotten me and my sacks. I’d go to the door . . . yep! sacks still there. It’s raining. Go out and move the sacks. Night came. Will the sacks be safe? Then on Thursday they were late in coming, and so once again I assumed the responsibility for “watching over the sacks.” Then they came! I watched them drive away with my sacks in their truck; they had changed hands and were not my burden any longer.

Now I didn’t call them a single time to check on those sacks. I trusted them to handle the things I gave them to the best of their ability, and, since they do this kind of work all the time, to do their job well.

The question:

Have I done as much with the burden I have given to the Lord?

Is He capable?

Has it really been “picked up”?

What if it rains?

What will happen when night comes?

Do I trust Him as much as I trusted those men who picked up my sacks?

Oh, I do, Lord, I do! You came at my request. You picked up my burden, put it in Your truck, and drove off. Now I must trust You to work with what I gave to You; and since You do this kind of work all the time, I’m sure You will do it well.

An afterthought:

Leave it to the Lord to use sacks of unwanted

and outgrown clothing to remind me of just

what it means to throw my burdens on Him.