Baggage or Luggage�Which Am I Carrying?
by Edie Melson @EdieMelson �Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.� Matthew 11:28-30 I don�t know about you, but I have trouble forgiving myself. For some reason I expect a level of perfection from myself that I would never expect from someone else. Because of this, I also struggle to accept God�s forgiveness. Somewhere deep inside is the fear that God has finally reached the limit of His patience with me and with my constant sin and shortcomings. Just writing this makes me shake my head because it�s so far from the truth. But I�m sad to say it�s something I struggle with. The result of this lack of forgiveness is that I carry a lot of baggage that I don�t need to. I�m weighed down with past sins that God has long since forgiven. I also carry the baggage of unconfessed sin because I�m fear...