Weightlifting

I'm stlll a little sore after the climb. I may not have mentioned it
yesterday but I carried a backpack of probably 12 pounds. It
surprisingly made me a lot more tired. I had never carried a pack
before and I realized something pretty quickly...extra weight sucks.

It got me thinking...so I asked the Lord about it..."Lord, why do we
carry unnecessary weight around on the journey? It doesn't make any sense
to me."

The answer I believe is very individual and depends on the personality
and habits of the person. But for me the answer the Lord gave me for
why I do it was pride.

The Lord said "You refuse give it to me because you want to prove you
can make it to the top without putting it down." I have never thought
about that at all...not even a little. I can see it though. I can
see it in my relationship with God and my dad. It's always been
there. Like in my relationship with my dad, I have always been
trying to prove that I can do it...no matter what "it" is.

So what are you carrying that you need to put down? I promise you
this...it would be a whole lot easier to get to the top of if you'd just
put it down.

Try it. You might like it.