Burdens

I work in customer service and it can be really good but some days may also be really hard.  The normal day includes a balanced mixture of both.  But the other day, it was just a rough morning and I was struggling to keep a good attitude.  The essence of my job is 2 fold: I am to help people but also people call me with their problems.

I don't always feel like handling other people's problems though.  I've got my own problems to handle.  It is not always enjoyable to be loaded down with one problem after another but that's part of the job.

I was having one of those mornings this week.  The type of morning where each call was a complex issue and the person calling just wanted someone to fix it and fix it now.  They don't care about my problems, they just want to me to fix their problem.  My patience was wearing thin and I began to feel frustration bubble up inside.  I tried taking deep breaths but I could tell, it was continuing to build. 

Then the Lord brought these verses to mind...

"Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you."  1 Peter 5:7

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."  Matthew 11:28

I was dumbfounded. 

It's hard for me to comprehend the fact that God wants our burdens and our cares.  I am so unlike Christ in that aspect.  It's hard to want to take somebody's burden or problem.  But Christ, He flat out asks us, pleads for us to give our burdens to Him and trust Him with them.

Oh how relieving it is to have someone that I can go to with all my burdens, all my worries and thoughts and desires and cares!  He wants them all.  He wants the good and the bad.  He want the simple and the complex. 

I am so thankful to have a God that loves me enough to take my burdens and carry them so I don't have to.