04/02/2026
Do you feel heavier or lighter at the end of your day? Or to ask the question in a different way, do you pick up little things here and there as your day goes on, or start the day feeling heavy and bogged down with all that you have to do and feel lighter as you accomplish tasks? Things like stress, additions to your to-do list, errands, chores, frustrations, excitements, etc. add to or subtract from our days and oftentimes, we might not even be aware that we are picking up and carrying all of these things.
These activities can also be such a strong visualization to remind us that because of Jesus's death and resurrection, if we are Christians, sin doesn't have to weigh us down! If you've never accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you can accept His free gift of salvation today and let go of that load you're carrying!
1 John 1:9 says if we confess our sins, He us faithful to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Romans 3:23 says that we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (BUT God doesn't leave us in our sins! He sent Jesus to live a perfect and sinless life, be crucified and die, and raised Him up back to life...for all who will choose to accept Him as Lord and Savior!)
Romans 10:9 says if we confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Him from the dead, then we will be saved.
Romans 10:13 says for all (ALL) who call on the name of the Lord will be saved!
Activities like these also remind us of how prayer can help lessen the loads we carry. As Christians, when we pray, we are humbling ourselves and laying our struggles, joys, requests, and praises down at the feet of the God of the universe. He is big enough to take anything and everything we feel and carry. Don't say "amen" and pick back up what you laid down to carry it again.
