Put The Glass Down

Ah.

It's interesting how easy it is to falter along the path of life. How quickly it can come about. It reminds you of how weak you truly are. That as much as you take on to yourself, sometimes you need to take a break. Sometimes you need others to help you carry the load. It reminded me of a story I got in an e-mail once:

Put the Glass Down

A lecturer was giving a lecture to his student on stress management. He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"

The students' answers ranged from 20g to 500gm.

"It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance. It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."

"If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier."

"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again."

We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on. So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can. Pick it up again later when you have rested...


And sometimes you just need to remember WHY you took up those burdens in the first place. Sometimes you just need to refocus as to WHY you are carrying those burdens. When you realize that God has a purpose for you, a purpose for the burdens you carry, a purpose for the difficulties and opportunities that life presents to you. You end up remembering that it is THROUGH HIS STRENGTH and not yours. You then realize that ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE and that the weakness you feel, doesn't exist because HIS STRENGTH DOES NOT WAVER!

And as thankless as it all is. There is a purpose. A divine purpose to it all. It may seem pointless, but there is a purpose.

What causes the weakness?... the weight of expectations... the weight of habits... the weight of your past.

But we need to remember that we are more than the choices we've made, we are more than the sums or our past mistakes, we are more than the problems we create. We are remade.

You Are More - Tenth Avenue North