No Baggage Needed!
Posted by Gert on WDW Encouragement Board
July 1998
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After many struggles and ups and downs in Weigh Down Workshop, I really hit my knees. Here is what the Lord showed me!
I left Egypt in a big hurry, you could say I ran out in the middle of the night. Anyway, the first part of the journey was great! I lost weight, I grew closer to God and I was full of energy and really excited.
THEN I woke up in this desert, no clothes, no shoes and my tummy was growling. I ran back to Egypt, grabbed a few things and ran back to the desert.
Every time I stopped moving towards the promised land, I thought of something else I needed from Egypt.
Next thing I know, I am dragging so much baggage along on the journey, that I have to stop more and more. I kept trying to figure out what I still had in Egypt that would help me carry all this STUFF. I couldn't let go of the baggage, and I couldn't keep moving forward as long as I had it with me, so there I sat, covered in sand and shame and wishing someone would tell me how to carry it all. It never occured to me to just leave it there, after all I NEEDED it!
Guess what? I was wrong! I was supposed to leave Egypt, and all the STUFF I owned there. So if you see this big pile of garbage laying in the desert, just leave it there, I don't need it anymore! There lies my pride, my self, my empty boxes, my regrets and my failures. May they rest in peace!
~Gert~
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