weight.

Christ tries so very hard to take it from me, but sometimes I just won't let Him.


I've spent the past hour reading through my old blog...and being reminded how much of a fool I was, how convinced I was that France had completely changed me.


Little did I know, my real change would not come until the turn of the year.


Perhaps I should just delete my old blog and not be filled with these memories that hurt so much, that weigh me down.  Granted, I think the engagement news made me do a lot of thinking too, and probably led to all of this.


In any case, perhaps I should just realize that regardless of who I was, what I thought, or how I acted, Christ has made all the difference in the world.  It doesn't matter what I went through to get to Him; He was always with me.  


And, in what is eternally the beautiful and precious good news of Christ, I am a new creation.


Here's to looking forward: looking forward while being grateful for my experiences but not letting them weigh me down.  Christ, praise and all glory, took that weight.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” --Matthew 11: 28-31