MORE THAN I CAN BEAR

Dear Friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. (1 Peter 4:12-13) 

Are you facing troubles so difficult you feel one tiny straw more added to your load could cause you to break? Do you find no matter which way you turn, there is no escape and the walls of tragedy are closing in? 
Tell it to Jesus.
When you bolster all your strength and courage and try to carry the load, do you succumb to it instead and crumble beneath the weight?
Tell it to Jesus.
Think of how Jesus carried the cross and took upon his shoulders the burdens of all humankind. Jesus didn't remain under that load. He went miles beyond the cross. By dying and rising from the grave, He set us free from all this.
He invites us to take His yoke upon us so he can make our burdens light. When we do this, we allow Him to shoulder our load. Before Long, we learn to synchronize our actions and motives within His will. The massive burdens may not lift right away, but be assured Jesus is near. In the same way He carried His Cross, He helps us carry our loads today.

                                    Taken from the book:
                        "WHEN GOD SEE'S ME THROUGH"
                             Devotional Thoughts on God's
                                   Faithfulness for Women
                                 BY ANITA CORRINE DONIHUE

                                                        

                               LEAVE IT THERE:

                         Leave it there, leave it there,

                        Take your burdens to the Lord

                                  and leave it there.

                        If you trust and never doubt,

                       He will surely bring you out.

                       Take your burden to the Lord

                                and leave it there.

                          (CHARLES A. TINDLEY, 1916)

                     MAKE MY BURDENS YOURS, LORD
These burdens I carry are too heavy for me to handle any longer, Lord. I am going to break under the load. Shoulder them with me, I pray. Make my burdens Yours.
             I don't have to worry about giving you a load that's too heavy. You, Lord, are greater than all. Now I wholeheartedly give You this burden and thank You. I already feel relieved, as though hundreds of pounds have been removed from my shoulders.
In Jesus Name Amen.