Lay 'Em Down

Well hello hello all you beautiful people! I'm not going to diddly doddle very long, so here we go. I think that these past couple of weeks have been a struggle, they also have been uplifting in more ways then one. Kind of an up and down roller coaster that has been exhilarating, but also heartbreaking. I am not going to go into details about certain things that have been going on because they aren't worth bringing up to you all who are reading this because they just aren't worth the pain and the misery that I know those things will bring to myself because I have forgiven and I am now starting to forget. Anyway, this past week I went with my church to Whitewater State Park and we camped from Monday through Friday. How was camping? I would have to say that camping was.......flipping fantabulous! I experienced God the most this week then I have ever in the previous 5 years I went on this trip. It was uplifting, extravagant, inspiring, and an all around God-filled week. This post is not going to be about hope, the valley, rock bottom, even though, those things have alot to do with it. I am going to talk about laying all of your troubles down to God because when you surrender yourself to God's will and go with the flow great things will happen.  

Come down to the river
Come and let yourself in
Make good on a promise
To never hurt again
If you're lost and lonely
You're Broken down
Bring all of your troubles
Come lay 'em down
Lay 'Em Down by NeedtoBreathe

Those lyrics have never spoken to my heart more then this last week. I have reached a point where I feel as though all these things being thrown at me are too much to bear and that I am completely worn down to nothing. But, as I have said in my previous posts....there is hope. Okay, so there is hope, I understand that, but what about all those worries, feelings, heartbreak, and turmoil. What do I do about those things? As that song says, YOU LAY THEM DOWN!

You lay them down.

You see, all those things you feel that are there bringing you down. Maybe its your self-worth, self-image, trust issues, family issues, relationship problems, getting over a break-up, school worries, and friend problems. Whatever in this world you feel those things are, are completely washed away by a rushing river of love and forgiveness by our Lord. If you lay your problems and worries and other things that are keeling you from your full potential down, then you are cleansed by those waters of forgiveness and redemption.

Lord, I ask of you today that you help us all to see that if we surrender, and lay all of your crap down for you to see, then we will be cleansed by your river of grace and love. I also want to thank you for all the things you have done in my life to keep me going, and to keep me in the righteous even though sometime we go down the wrong path. Your love and your mercy lives in each and everyone of us. Use us to be beacons of hope in other peoples lives and show the example of laying down and surrendering to you. Amen.