How to Carry an Elephant

What’s this?  How to carry an elephant?  Impossible!  Now that you are curious you will just have to read this whole devotional to the end.

 We all have elephants in our lives…those heavy burdens that just seem impossible for us to handle.  At times they come singularly but usually there are whole herds….first just one then two and even several at a time.

These elephants come in all shapes and sizes.  Some are rather small and don’t seem such a burden but there are others that weigh heavily on our souls. There seems to be no answer to this heavy elephant.

Where is God in this anyway?  I simply can’t carry the weight.  But who can lighten the load? This one elephant won’t go away.  He continues to drag me down day after day.  I think he’s here to stay.  My faith wavers.  Surely there must be some way to get this elephant removed and put in his pen.  I pray for this but God seems silent.

But one day…….that old elephant is gone.  He didn’t leave quietly, but he left.  I feel the burden lifted.  But will he return?  I must not think of that but only how God took care of this one at this time.

There might be other elephants arriving but I know that in God’s good time he will drive them away.  The struggle may still be there, but God lightens the load by giving us the Spirit of peace, courage, joy and hope. (from my daughter, Annette!)

So how do I carry an elephant?  One pound at a time!