Pardon my tardiness. Although today is Wednesday, every Friday I join an amazing group of word artisans from around the world. We gather together and write for five minutes flat, prompted by one Word.
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Today’s word is: Carry
I am thriving to travel light, to carry only the essentials, living the abundant life.
With everything that’s going on in the world globally and what we are experiencing personally, does the abundant life seem elusive and unattainable?
Have you ever stopped to think that we carry too much, that perhaps we try to carry what we were never intended to bear? And because we’re carrying too much we don’t have enough room for all the good stuff, the essentials: peace, joy, hope, courage, self worth, validation, value, and love…
More and more every day I am unpacking Jesus’ promise and gift that we can have life in abundance, not abundantly burdened, if we are willing to choose wisely. John 10:10
With this right choice we will travel light, not bogged down, carrying the weight of our personal trials and weight of the world, in hopeless despair.
Every moment of every day we are faced with choices. These choices will carry consequences or they will produce rewards. My heart’s desire is to choose the latter.
I think about what I want to carry through life when I think about traveling by air. Will I choose to pack light and smart, maximizing interchangeable outfits, taking travel sized products instead of lugging the full bottles? Will I take one carry-on plus my handbag, and check in only one or two suitcases weighing under 50 lbs (providing that you choose Southwest)?
As believers we can walk through this life and carry only the essentials.
As disciples we have a choice and we have a Savior.
Jesus carried the heaviest burdens, our weighted sins, so that we would choose to carry little and travel light.
What will you choose to carry?
If you enjoyed reading this post check out DeClutter http://joantaylor.org/2022/01/15/declutter/. Also, if you would like to read additional posts on this blog scroll down past my books. 📚
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Blessings and Love,
Joan
Purging our hearts and minds is an essential part of our self-awareness. I work on purging regularly, because creating clutter is easy, but it’s also blinding and debilitating. When you have a minute check out this post, DeClutter http://joantaylor.org/2022/01/15/declutter/.
Thank you for stopping by and sharing your heart. Blessings and Love ❤