I have been told that I’m a fairly pleasant person. I’m pretty good with a joke or a sarcastic quip, and have been referred to by at least one co-worker’s child as “the funny one” in the office. It hasn’t always been this way…
I have always been a very goal-oriented, driven person. I enjoy a good challenge and something that I can work towards achieving. As a believer, this drive to accomplish something can often undermine my ability to surrender my plans and see how God is moving in my life.
Like many of you, my prayer life has its ups and downs. In my life, I’ve been in many situations and traversed trails that have pushed me to prayer.
I would go to God in prayer and tell him all my troubles. Then instead of picking up his yoke and letting him carry mine, I would pick up my burden and place it once again on my back.
You don’t have to live long before realizing that life is filled with steep hills. We live in a fallen world, daily battling its effects. We struggle with remaining sin. We experience the temptations and attacks of the evil one. Difficulties and trials abound.
I can still picture the blurry trees and road as I sobbed the whole 50-minute drive home from church…As I drove I cried out to the Lord, feeling lonely, utterly lonely. Life was hard, and I didn’t like it.
