Post by ep210 on Dec 9, 2005 8:00:36 GMT -5
I have been having trouble with letting go and letting God bear all of my burdens. Last nights snow fall reminded me of that. I can either be like a hardwood tree and try to hold on to all that is placed upon and eventualy break under the strain. Or I can be like the softwood trees. I have a lovely evergreen just out my kitchen window and it gracefuly allows all the snow to slide off of it branches. May I learn to be like that. Here is a poem that says it so well.
NOT MADE TO BEAR
By Ruth
Huge white snowflakes fell gently one day,
Wet and clinging on the trees they lay,
The hardwoods tried to bear the weight,
But the load of snow was just to great,
And the branches snapped beneath the strain,
Only wounded skeletons remain.
But the evergreens that stand nearby,
on their own strength did not rely,
They just relaxed and the heavy snow
Slid from their boughs to the earth below.
And the wise evergreens still stand tall,
Teaching a lesson to one and all,
For we never were meant to bear alone,
The burdens we think are all our own.
Abundant grace God will bestow
If we relax and just let go.
[/size][/font][/center]By Ruth
Huge white snowflakes fell gently one day,
Wet and clinging on the trees they lay,
The hardwoods tried to bear the weight,
But the load of snow was just to great,
And the branches snapped beneath the strain,
Only wounded skeletons remain.
But the evergreens that stand nearby,
on their own strength did not rely,
They just relaxed and the heavy snow
Slid from their boughs to the earth below.
And the wise evergreens still stand tall,
Teaching a lesson to one and all,
For we never were meant to bear alone,
The burdens we think are all our own.
Abundant grace God will bestow
If we relax and just let go.
I am encouraged again. 
Your a blessing!
