When I weighed 240 pounds, I felt like I carried the weight of the world on my shoulders.
Eventually my emotional weight became excess physical weight.
Recently, I spoke to an old friend who is struggling with her weight, physically and emotionally:
- She is carrying the weight of caring for a sick
relative.
- She is helping to take care of her grandchildren
- She is the one other people call when they need "rescuing"
Although some of my friend's responsibilities are unavoidable, she is also carrying around weight that is unnecessary.
On my own successful weight loss journey, I had to learn that the Lord never intended for us to carry the weight of the world. After all, we have
a race to run in Jesus.
We can't finish well if we are trying to run with the weight of the world on our shoulders!