When Life Gets Heavy

 Don't you love those carefree days when it seems you float on the breeze and everything is right with the world? Those days are like Kodak moments when you want to take snap shots in your heart to remember those memories. I had a moment like that this morning looking at our refrigerator. We have a magnet school bus with four windows. Brenda put pictures of the boys when they were little in the windows. I stood for a moment and treasured the memories of those little guys who have all grown up to be men. Treasured memories bringing with them a lighter day. 

There are also days when life is heavy. When the breeze turns into hurricane force gales. Times when the lifting is oppressively heavy just trying to trudge to the end of the day. Days when it feels like you are running up hill and not making any headway. Days when it is two steps forward and three steps backward. Days when we are blinded by the constant rain of trials that keep us from seeing a way to lighter days. 

God is sovereign and rules over both light and heavy days. We might take Him for granted when the bank account is full, the bills are paid, and everything is working like a fine tuned machine. We tend to lean into Him more when we feel frazzled and it seems everything is coming apart at the seams. The heavy days should make us more thankful and to praise God more when the days are light. God is constant in both set of days. He is wise, strong, capable, compassionate, and firmly in control. 

Even in the heavy days we can lighten our load. Read [Ps 55:22]. Have you hurled your burdens onto the Lord? Or do you fret, fuss, and wring your hands in frustration when the load is too heavy to bear? There is no sugar coating it. We live in a sinful fallen world filled with heartaches, trials, tribulations, and sorrows. That does not mean God has weakened. He is still in control even when we lose control. He still listens even when others turn deaf ears. He still helps when we are helpless. He still gives hope when we are hopeless. 

We are not forsaken on the heavy days or heavy seasons. Just because God is silent does not mean He is absent. He promised to never leave us or forsake us. [Heb 13:5] If you are enduring a heavy day or heavy season, cast your cares on Him and leave it with Him. Let God do the heavy lifting as we trust Him the middle of hard times. In due season, I predict lighter days will return. When they come, may we not take them for granted. He is worthy of trust on the light days as well as the heavy days.