~Encouraged

Before I took the trash out today from work, I had to wrap the handles around my fingers and palm of my hand. I had to ensure the heavy bags didn't drop and I could carry them over my shoulder. As I began to walk I thought..."they are getting heavy." So I sat three of the four bags down and readjusted the weight. Off to walking towards the dumpster I went. With each step I took, the bags began getting heavier. I started to take inventory of what was packed in these bags. I had to laugh. What difference does it make what is in these trash bags? It isn't going to change the weight of the bags, the direction I was headed in, or their demise.

I work with ladies that are hurting and healing from some deep hurts in their life. I thought about how we are beginning to take inventory of our lives. Some of the things we are facing are heavy and the more that we ignore them the more foul smelling they become; like trash. The hurts are so heavy that they affect other people in our lives including ourselves. It is like a wound that isn't cleaned out, it becomes infected; like trash with maggots.  The trash I was taking out went into a dumpster,  but what happens to the hurts we walk around with when WE die? I would have to say that is the trash that will weight us down into the depths of death itself. 

 The Bible has something to say about our health and hurts in Pslam 38:3-5

There is no soundness in my flesh

Because of Your anger,
Nor any health in my bones
Because of my sin.
⁴ For my iniquities have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
⁵ My wounds are foul and festering
Because of my foolishness.


So the next time you are ready to take out the trash in your own life, remember to take inventory and throw the foul and festering foolishness out and keep the loving and cherished in. 




~Be encouraged
Marjorie