August 16, 2023 • 14 mins
Remember that time when you were so mired in worries, the weight of the world seemed to rest solely on your shoulders? It's a familiar feeling for many of us. But, what if there was a way you could unload these burdens? Well, this episode is a soothing balm to such weary souls. Inspired by Matthew 11:28-30, we're shedding light on the power of surrender, of unburdening ourselves to a higher power. We delve deep into the pitfalls of holding onto stress and the destructive chase for control, reflecting on how our faith can offer us respite.
Have you ever questioned the nature of unconditional love? It's easy to feel undeserving, especially when we're all too aware of our flaws. Yet, there lies the miracle of God's love, it's not contingent on us being perfect. This episode is a heart-warming conversation about embracing this unfathomable love that's always there, even in our darkest days. As we explore the transformative power of God's love, remember this: no matter how broken, bland, or unworthy we think we are, we are cherished unconditionally. This is a comforting reminder that God is always there for us, providing us with strength and solace, even when we don't realize it. Let this episode be your beacon of hope, a reminder of the immeasurable strength found in acceptance and surrender.
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
Hi and welcome back to this week's episode of HFC.
I don't think this one will bea long one because there's a
storm going on, but hopefullyit'll still be just as
meaningful and speak to not onlyjust me, but not only just you,
but also myself.
So this week's verse comes fromMatthew 11.
It's Matthew 11, verse 28through 30.
(00:34):
It says Come to me all you whoare weary and burdened, and I
will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learnfrom me, for I am gentle and
humble in heart, and you willfind rest for your souls, for my
yoke is easy and my burden islight.
This is one of those verses thatI always kind of feel like is
(00:56):
very, not going to say literal,because your burden could be
anything, literally anything.
It could be a situation, itcould be just maybe a lot of
guilt that you're holding, orshame or insecurity, or worry or
fear.
It could be any of those things.
But it's just one of thosethings so straightforward that I
wonder if sometimes we overlookit or if we're just kind of
(01:19):
like, yeah, okay, god, thanksfor the infill, for the reminder
, and we kind of brush past it,and that's not something that we
should do with the Word of God.
I know personally, a lot oftimes I'm the kind of mindset
that I tend to hold on to thingsand hold on to things and hold
on to things and hold on tothings and they get so bad and
(01:40):
so bad and so bad until all of asudden everything's just kind
of falling apart, slash,exploding.
I've never been someone like,oh, let's make a calm decision.
I hold all my stress until Ikind of fall apart.
And I guess that's what I'msaying not to do.
(02:01):
When I read this first, when Iread this first, it's like I
need a reminder to let go.
I need a reminder to know thatit's okay to unburden myself,
that it's not only okay, it'sexpected.
He doesn't say come to me ifyou like.
It just says come to me.
(02:22):
All you who are weary andburdened, I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learnfrom me, for I am gentle and
humble in heart and you willfind rest for your souls.
It's not a questionable thing,it's a stated thing.
It's not asking, it's stating.
It's saying you will find rest.
It's not saying you could findrest, it's not saying you may
find rest, it's saying you willfind rest and his yoke is easy
(02:46):
and his burden is light.
And sometimes I feel like, forsome reason, we hold on to all
this stress and all this worry,and I'm not entirely sure why,
and I can't speak for yourself,but I think for me it's like it
comes back to wanting to feellike I'm in control and instead
(03:08):
of bettering myself because I'mquote unquote in control, I'm
literally making myself fallapart.
I'm making myself struggle tofall asleep, I'm making myself
dip into things that aredistractions to distract myself
from how tired and stressed andfrustrated I am, and it becomes
that instead of actuallyresolving any problems or any
(03:28):
issues, I'm just distractingmyself because I'd like to
believe that I'm in control andin so doing, I'm relinquishing
all control and just kind ofgoing with whatever is going on,
because I'd rather do anythingthan admit that I have no idea
what's going on in this moment.
But I like this verse as areminder that we shouldn't think
(03:58):
that way.
It's kind of like a reminderthat it's okay to not be okay,
that we're expected to not beokay, that we're expected to
give him our burden, that we'reexpected to allow him to love us
, that we can allow him to takethe things that stress us out,
(04:24):
that freak us out, the thingsthat we think would be too much
for someone to understand, toomuch for someone to handle, too
much for someone to love usthrough that he's willing to
take all of that stuff, he'swilling to see through all of it
and see us and love us and holdus and watch over us and take
care of us.
I think that's one of thethings that always kind of I
(04:49):
don't know what the word is itbrings me back, humbles me, I
don't know.
It's a thing that always keepsme like wow, that I spent so
much of my life trying to, Iguess, understand how people
(05:10):
worked and trying to get them toneed me, to want me to, I don't
know To pallet myself in a waythat people would find desirable
, whether that meant friends,relationships, jobs, schools and
(05:35):
things that I discovered wasnot everybody's going to like
you, not everybody's going towant you, but there's just
something so powerful that isoverlooked.
That is the fact that and Ithink we shared it at the last
(05:59):
one that to God, we're so muchmore than just a person, than a
tool, than something to use anddiscard, something to better
ourselves with or better,himself with, or something much
more than oh, let me be friendswith him or her because they
have access to this, or, yeah,get friendly with that person
(06:20):
because they have a lot of money, or because they can help you
out a lot, or they can make youfeel good or get you access to
all kinds of things, or get youin the cool club, or something
like that.
There's something so I don'teven know the word.
There's something just soDifferent Maybe there are no
(06:45):
words to describe.
There's something so differentabout the idea of having nothing
to offer and yet being lovedstill that I could mess up a
thousand times and he wouldstill look at me and want me by
(07:06):
his side, that I could be asbroken as the most undesirable
person in the world and he wouldstill want me.
I could be the blandest personin the world and he would still
(07:28):
want me.
I could have nothing and I dohave nothing to offer him, and
yet he still desires to love me,to hold me, to watch over me,
to take my yoke.
He's not looking for anything.
He's not talking to me becausehe needs a favor.
He's not befriending me formoney or help on a test or help
(07:52):
on something like that, or notusing a sweet voice because he
wants something from me, ortalking to me in that
condescending way where they'renot necessarily asking you for
help, they're telling you you'regoing to help them.
He is just unasking in a way,because he does ask things of us
(08:16):
, but it's nothing that wouldhurt us, it's nothing that would
make us weaker or something orbe difficult, and it's all, just
spend time with me.
It's almost like you're justsaying hey, I got that one song
stuck in my head.
(08:36):
I think it's by Neo they'll letme love you.
And I actually like it becauseit's like let me love you until
you learn to love yourself.
Let me love you until you.
I don't really know how it goes, it's been a while since I
(08:57):
listened to it, but now it'sstuck in my head.
It's almost like except youknow, it's not like temporary
love, it's just like let me loveyou because you obviously don't
know how to be loved, becausethis world doesn't show love as
(09:19):
much.
As you know.
Media would love the show thatpeople are kind and people are
giving.
And people are this and theycan frame however they like.
People in and of themselves arenot kind they're not giving.
They can be very selfishcreatures, they can be very
hurtful and abusive people, butit's not until we have God and
(09:40):
to be experienced that we canbecome more, that we can go
beyond our base, beyond ournature, and experience a love
that's so different than what wesee in this world nowadays, and
it's only become more and moreprevalent as time goes on that
people don't necessarily careabout you.
There are some people who careabout you, and I'm not saying
(10:02):
that.
I'm not trying to be likeextremely cynical.
I'm just saying I feel like andmaybe you're like this too, or
maybe I'm just really likemessed up in the head.
I feel like.
All my life I always struggledto believe that people could
love me and care about me and Iwould test them and I would test
(10:23):
them and I would test them,waiting to see them fail,
because I knew eventually I'dfind some way to make them fail.
And in a similar way, I spentthe majority of my life testing
God over and over and over,waiting for him to give up, and
that's why sometimes I tellpeople I have a weird
(10:44):
relationship with God.
In a way, it's like he's thefirst person who outstubbered me
when I was trying to be asstubborn as possible and every
time I would do something justlike are you ready, are you done
?
Do you realize that I'm notleaving?
(11:05):
Are you ready to be at peace,to be happy?
And at a very young age,through school and whatever,
just learning that through theworld that people only wanted
(11:27):
you nearby, if they could getsomething from you.
And so I spent most of my lifeconvinced that even God was like
that, that he just wantedsomething from me.
He wanted me to do something.
That's the only reason you wantme, because you have this great
plan for me.
That's why, because you need meto do something.
(11:47):
That's the only reason you wantme.
If you didn't have this planfor me, then you wouldn't want
me.
Like, if you didn't need me forthat, you wouldn't want me here
.
And I don't know.
It took a lot of time but forme to realize that he doesn't
need you for a plan.
He doesn't want you just for aplan.
(12:08):
He just wants you.
He doesn't want you because youhave something.
He doesn't want you becauseyou're perfect.
He doesn't want you becauseyou're ideal.
He just wants you.
That's just a beautiful verse,anyway, as always, ending in
(12:30):
prayer.
Dear God, thank you for yourlove, a love that is almost
impossible to comprehend, a lovethat surpasses all of their
love and surpasses even thegreatest understandings.
(12:55):
Thank you for loving us andwatching over us and caring for
us.
Thank you for being different.
Thank you for being there toguide us and take our burden.
Lord, I pray that you justforgive us of our sins.
Lay us not into temptation.
(13:18):
In the name of Jesus, amen.
Thanks for listening to thisweek's episode of HFC.
I also hope you enjoyed it.
I love this verse.
I hope you do too, and I hopeyou realize what it means for
(13:39):
you that he is there for you.
Whether or not you want Him orneed Him or feel like or realize
you need Him, he's there foryou.
Anyway, have a God bless week.
Thanks for listening.
Bye.
Hi and welcome back to this week's episode of HFC.
I don't think this one will bea long one because there's a
storm going on, but hopefullyit'll still be just as
meaningful and speak to not onlyjust me, but not only just you,
but also myself.
So this week's verse comes fromMatthew 11.
It's Matthew 11, verse 28through 30.
(00:34):
It says Come to me all you whoare weary and burdened, and I
will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learnfrom me, for I am gentle and
humble in heart, and you willfind rest for your souls, for my
yoke is easy and my burden islight.
This is one of those verses thatI always kind of feel like is
(00:56):
very, not going to say literal,because your burden could be
anything, literally anything.
It could be a situation, itcould be just maybe a lot of
guilt that you're holding, orshame or insecurity, or worry or
fear.
It could be any of those things.
But it's just one of thosethings so straightforward that I
wonder if sometimes we overlookit or if we're just kind of
(01:19):
like, yeah, okay, god, thanksfor the infill, for the reminder
, and we kind of brush past it,and that's not something that we
should do with the Word of God.
I know personally, a lot oftimes I'm the kind of mindset
that I tend to hold on to thingsand hold on to things and hold
on to things and hold on tothings and they get so bad and
(01:40):
so bad and so bad until all of asudden everything's just kind
of falling apart, slash,exploding.
I've never been someone like,oh, let's make a calm decision.
I hold all my stress until Ikind of fall apart.
And I guess that's what I'msaying not to do.
(02:01):
When I read this first, when Iread this first, it's like I
need a reminder to let go.
I need a reminder to know thatit's okay to unburden myself,
that it's not only okay, it'sexpected.
He doesn't say come to me ifyou like.
It just says come to me.
(02:22):
All you who are weary andburdened, I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learnfrom me, for I am gentle and
humble in heart and you willfind rest for your souls.
It's not a questionable thing,it's a stated thing.
It's not asking, it's stating.
It's saying you will find rest.
It's not saying you could findrest, it's not saying you may
find rest, it's saying you willfind rest and his yoke is easy
(02:46):
and his burden is light.
And sometimes I feel like, forsome reason, we hold on to all
this stress and all this worry,and I'm not entirely sure why,
and I can't speak for yourself,but I think for me it's like it
comes back to wanting to feellike I'm in control and instead
(03:08):
of bettering myself because I'mquote unquote in control, I'm
literally making myself fallapart.
I'm making myself struggle tofall asleep, I'm making myself
dip into things that aredistractions to distract myself
from how tired and stressed andfrustrated I am, and it becomes
that instead of actuallyresolving any problems or any
(03:28):
issues, I'm just distractingmyself because I'd like to
believe that I'm in control andin so doing, I'm relinquishing
all control and just kind ofgoing with whatever is going on,
because I'd rather do anythingthan admit that I have no idea
what's going on in this moment.
But I like this verse as areminder that we shouldn't think
(03:58):
that way.
It's kind of like a reminderthat it's okay to not be okay,
that we're expected to not beokay, that we're expected to
give him our burden, that we'reexpected to allow him to love us
, that we can allow him to takethe things that stress us out,
(04:24):
that freak us out, the thingsthat we think would be too much
for someone to understand, toomuch for someone to handle, too
much for someone to love usthrough that he's willing to
take all of that stuff, he'swilling to see through all of it
and see us and love us and holdus and watch over us and take
care of us.
I think that's one of thethings that always kind of I
(04:49):
don't know what the word is itbrings me back, humbles me, I
don't know.
It's a thing that always keepsme like wow, that I spent so
much of my life trying to, Iguess, understand how people
(05:10):
worked and trying to get them toneed me, to want me to, I don't
know To pallet myself in a waythat people would find desirable
, whether that meant friends,relationships, jobs, schools and
(05:35):
things that I discovered wasnot everybody's going to like
you, not everybody's going towant you, but there's just
something so powerful that isoverlooked.
That is the fact that and Ithink we shared it at the last
(05:59):
one that to God, we're so muchmore than just a person, than a
tool, than something to use anddiscard, something to better
ourselves with or better,himself with, or something much
more than oh, let me be friendswith him or her because they
have access to this, or, yeah,get friendly with that person
(06:20):
because they have a lot of money, or because they can help you
out a lot, or they can make youfeel good or get you access to
all kinds of things, or get youin the cool club, or something
like that.
There's something so I don'teven know the word.
There's something just soDifferent Maybe there are no
(06:45):
words to describe.
There's something so differentabout the idea of having nothing
to offer and yet being lovedstill that I could mess up a
thousand times and he wouldstill look at me and want me by
(07:06):
his side, that I could be asbroken as the most undesirable
person in the world and he wouldstill want me.
I could be the blandest personin the world and he would still
(07:28):
want me.
I could have nothing and I dohave nothing to offer him, and
yet he still desires to love me,to hold me, to watch over me,
to take my yoke.
He's not looking for anything.
He's not talking to me becausehe needs a favor.
He's not befriending me formoney or help on a test or help
(07:52):
on something like that, or notusing a sweet voice because he
wants something from me, ortalking to me in that
condescending way where they'renot necessarily asking you for
help, they're telling you you'regoing to help them.
He is just unasking in a way,because he does ask things of us
(08:16):
, but it's nothing that wouldhurt us, it's nothing that would
make us weaker or something orbe difficult, and it's all, just
spend time with me.
It's almost like you're justsaying hey, I got that one song
stuck in my head.
(08:36):
I think it's by Neo they'll letme love you.
And I actually like it becauseit's like let me love you until
you learn to love yourself.
Let me love you until you.
I don't really know how it goes, it's been a while since I
(08:57):
listened to it, but now it'sstuck in my head.
It's almost like except youknow, it's not like temporary
love, it's just like let me loveyou because you obviously don't
know how to be loved, becausethis world doesn't show love as
(09:19):
much.
As you know.
Media would love the show thatpeople are kind and people are
giving.
And people are this and theycan frame however they like.
People in and of themselves arenot kind they're not giving.
They can be very selfishcreatures, they can be very
hurtful and abusive people, butit's not until we have God and
(09:40):
to be experienced that we canbecome more, that we can go
beyond our base, beyond ournature, and experience a love
that's so different than what wesee in this world nowadays, and
it's only become more and moreprevalent as time goes on that
people don't necessarily careabout you.
There are some people who careabout you, and I'm not saying
(10:02):
that.
I'm not trying to be likeextremely cynical.
I'm just saying I feel like andmaybe you're like this too, or
maybe I'm just really likemessed up in the head.
I feel like.
All my life I always struggledto believe that people could
love me and care about me and Iwould test them and I would test
(10:23):
them and I would test them,waiting to see them fail,
because I knew eventually I'dfind some way to make them fail.
And in a similar way, I spentthe majority of my life testing
God over and over and over,waiting for him to give up, and
that's why sometimes I tellpeople I have a weird
(10:44):
relationship with God.
In a way, it's like he's thefirst person who outstubbered me
when I was trying to be asstubborn as possible and every
time I would do something justlike are you ready, are you done
?
Do you realize that I'm notleaving?
(11:05):
Are you ready to be at peace,to be happy?
And at a very young age,through school and whatever,
just learning that through theworld that people only wanted
(11:27):
you nearby, if they could getsomething from you.
And so I spent most of my lifeconvinced that even God was like
that, that he just wantedsomething from me.
He wanted me to do something.
That's the only reason you wantme, because you have this great
plan for me.
That's why, because you need meto do something.
(11:47):
That's the only reason you wantme.
If you didn't have this planfor me, then you wouldn't want
me.
Like, if you didn't need me forthat, you wouldn't want me here
.
And I don't know.
It took a lot of time but forme to realize that he doesn't
need you for a plan.
He doesn't want you just for aplan.
(12:08):
He just wants you.
He doesn't want you because youhave something.
He doesn't want you becauseyou're perfect.
He doesn't want you becauseyou're ideal.
He just wants you.
That's just a beautiful verse,anyway, as always, ending in
(12:30):
prayer.
Dear God, thank you for yourlove, a love that is almost
impossible to comprehend, a lovethat surpasses all of their
love and surpasses even thegreatest understandings.
(12:55):
Thank you for loving us andwatching over us and caring for
us.
Thank you for being different.
Thank you for being there toguide us and take our burden.
Lord, I pray that you justforgive us of our sins.
Lay us not into temptation.
(13:18):
In the name of Jesus, amen.
Thanks for listening to thisweek's episode of HFC.
I also hope you enjoyed it.
I love this verse.
I hope you do too, and I hopeyou realize what it means for
(13:39):
you that he is there for you.
Whether or not you want Him orneed Him or feel like or realize
you need Him, he's there foryou.
Anyway, have a God bless week.
Thanks for listening.
Bye.
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