I Will Carry You...

I know for me, I always try to be strong. I struggle with anyone seeing me down or discouraged as this is a sign of weakness. But God has slowly shown me that I can not carry the weight of the world. I can not carry the hurts, the pain, the troubles of my very own life. I must seek Him and I must allow him to carry me. 


Isaiah 41:10  fear not, for I am with you;  be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you,  I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Just in the past few weeks I've had a few minutes to reflect on some old friendships. You see, here in Hardee County many graduate and move on with their life, typically moving out of town. There's the Homecoming Game that some return for, the Hardee County Fair of course and sometimes even during the Holiday's. But for the most part, we see those who we went to school with and grew up with become adults on Facebook. This is where we meet their husbands or wives, their children and their accomplishments. But this is also where we see their hurt, their pain and their disappointments. And this provides an awesome avenue to pray for someone. 



I'm specifically referring to a friend that I've watched over the last few months poor her heart out in regards to her sick daughter, Addison. I've prayed many nights for their family and for their little girl. But this past week, she went to be with the Lord. I think back when we were young and clueless to what real pain was, not the kind where a boy doesn't' speak to you at school or your mom makes you clean your mom, but the kind that captures our life and brings us straight to our knees begging and pleading with God to have mercy and perform a miracle right before our eyes.


While I've not seen Jess in awhile, she's from Hardee County. And although many leave and never come back... we're all still a family. Our community is amazing and is compassionate. We feel the pain many miles away. We pray many miles away. And so I just share with you tonight, that although most of us in Hardee County never met Addison, she's part of us too. And when one Believer hurts, we all hurt.

If you get a chance to watch this short video and listen to the words of the song, I am so thankful that MY God will carry me through any difficult time. That He will also be their to give me strength.