more than you can handle

Last night we were putting up laundry. We had a ton to put away! I had divided all the laundry into baskets for each room. Lily was helping me! She wanted to carry her basket “all by herself”. I told her it was too heavy, but she insisted. So I sat the basket in front of her and watched as she tried to pick it up…push it with her foot…lay on it and attempt to walk it that way! Finally she said, “momma, its too big…you do it.”

When life gets really hard some people say, “remember, God won’t give you more than you can handle.” This frustrates me so badly. This is not true and not biblical. A mother with a sick child is more than we can handle. Losing a spouse is more than we can handle. Illnesses we carry are more than we can handle. Sometimes day to day living is more than we can handle. Just like with Lily and the basket…God knows our load is too big. He knows it’s too much and yet, He will allow us to push and pull and struggle with it until we say “Father, its too big…you take it” Life is more than we were ever created to handle. We have trials and heartache all the time. And in those hurts we are called to turn to God and give them right back. What are you trying to carry today? What in your life is making you think this is more than I can handle? You are right. It is more…more than you are meant to carry. So quit trying. Let your Father have it. He is ready and waiting…