World's Strongest Woman

World’s Strongest Woman

If you’ve ever watched the World’s Strongest Man competition, you have probably seen these huge, strong men with a rope tied to them pulling semi-trucks behind them. This seems like an impossible task. While watching you have to wonder why anyone would want to do something crazy like that? It just makes your whole body hurt watching it! It really seems like torture. 

Sometimes guilt and shame can feel just like this big rig being pulled behind you. If you’ve ever committed a sin that you regret, then you might be pulling around the same kind of heavy weight these strong men were pulling. Hanging on to this guilt is just as detrimental to you as these huge trucks are to the Strongest Man competitors. While the damage is being done to their knees and ankles, the guilt you are carrying is damaging your entire being. Carrying around your sins and guilt can create a wedge between you and the Lord. 

Many of us have such a heavy guilt that we won’t allow ourselves any rest. The most important rest we need is the kind that the Lord can give us. When we turn to Him and ask forgiveness and then ALLOW Him to forgive us, we can then finally begin to heal. Then we can allow Him to carry our burden of guilt. The load becomes much lighter when you let the Lord carry it for you!

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Matthew 28:11-30