This week's prompt: Easy.
Go!
Wow. It's been the most upside-down week in my life yet. Easy is not the word. It has been quite hard, watching somebody close go through great loss and unknowns and still no answers. There is nothing I can say or do. I can pray but I feel sometimes that it's not enough.
And, when you are obeying Galatians 6:2 and "Carrying one another's burdens, because in this way you fulfill the Law of Christ", it can cause you to feel burdened after a while.
Thankfully God also let Psalm 68:19 pop up in my "burdens" search.
"Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens.
Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death."
His yoke is Easy and His burden is light. (I'm sure that will be a well-referenced verse in this week's collection.)
Praying is actually hard to do sometimes. We are still praying for a miracle. Join me in praying that a lost person will be found. He is physically missing after four days. Maybe five by the time you read this. His mother is a co-worker of mine.
What God is teaching me in this is that if I will allow Him to carry me, I will have the strength to carry others because I am not doing it alone. And they need us to surround them and carry them when they are in crisis. I'm so thankful that my FMF crew offered to carry me when in January I was smack dab in the middle of another person's crisis.
Evil is real. Pain is real. Going through those things is never easy. But God promises to walk with us through them. And knowing you are not alone in a crisis? That makes it easier to bear.
I hope you'll continue to join us here on Five Minute Fridays. It has been the greatest blessing of my life!
~Tammy
P.S. Please list your linkup # for this week or your url so I can find you if you comment. :)
Yikes. Prayers up, Tammy.
ReplyDeleteThat being carried...ALLOWING oneself to be carried makes it easier to help with another's burdens...that is a profound truth. You said it so well.
#1 at FMF this week.
http://blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart.blogspot.com/2016/04/your-dying-spouse-143-only-easy-day-fmf.html
Thanks Andrew.
DeleteAnd, you always know just how to take my post and make it sound richer than it did when it was being typed. Thank you for that blessing.
I guess I'll have to add "Lean on Me" at the end.
(nope. Can't do it.)
Love,
Tammy
They found him Friday. Thanks for your prayers! It was a wreck and it took 4 days to find him. 300 ft drop.
DeleteI'm stronger because of all your prayers.
Ugh. So sorry, friend. Darkness is so heavy. Praise God for carrying our burdens. Thought of that passage after writing my post; was tempted to go back and add it, but couldn't break my own rules. ;-) May the Lord have mercy and continue to sustain.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kate. He went through a terrible wreck. 300 foot drop. They found him Friday. Terrible loss. Thank you for praying! All of you are helping give me strength to support her. I still can't fathom it.
DeleteLove, Tammy
Tammy, praying praying praying! "His yoke is easy and his burden is light." Can't believe I didn't even think of that myself. I'm glad to be parts of communities that I can lean on in hard times. FMF is a huge blessing in my life too! Love ya friend. I'm over in the #6 spot this week.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tara. I'm glad that you prayed. He didn't survive the wreck but he will be laid to rest next weekend. Thanks for all your prayers!
DeleteOh my goodness, I really hope they are found safe and sound. Helen (9)
ReplyDeleteHelen,
DeleteThank you. He went through a terrible wreck. 300 foot drop. They found him Friday. Terrible loss. Thank you for praying! All of you are helping give me strength to support her. I still can't fathom it.
Love, Tammy
Tammy, thank you for sharing so transparently. You're so right, when we have the privilege of helping another bear their burden it weighs on us too. Because we CARE. I loved your reminder that we need to let God carry us, and to give our burdens to Him. It's only as we do this that we can be strong enough to walk with and hold up another.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post, my sweet, soft-hearted friend. Praying for your co-worker tonight.
Sitting at the #7 spot this week.
Jeanne,
Deletethank you. She needs your prayers even more now that she's having to plan the funeral. It's so terrible.
Thank you for your love. I feel carried by you often!
Love,
Tammy
Praying for the lost, my friend! And praying that you will be able to bring comfort to the grieving co-worker. I'm #16.
ReplyDeleteAnita,
Deletethank you for your prayers. His service is at the end of this week. You don't know just how much your prayers mean!
Love,
Tammy
Oh my, that is heavy. I just paused and prayed. Would you believe I never even thought of that scripture? YIKES.
ReplyDeleteSusan,
DeleteI thank you for praying. And, you know, sometimes what one of us finds obvious, another doesn't see at all. God's revelations are His, and He uses us to reveal things to others.
Thank you again for praying!
Love,
Tammy
I love the verse from Psalms--"Our God is a God who saves." He doesn't just care from afar, he steps in to carry burdens and save. Praying that He will save in this situation with your co-worker's son.
ReplyDeleteOops, I was busy praying for your co-worker's son and forgot to mention that I'm spot 8 this week :)
DeleteEmily,
Deletethank you so much! I'm going to try to catch up on visiting everyone tomorrow.
And thank you for praying. They found him Friday and now plans are being made for his memorial. The family needs prayer more than ever.
Love,
Tammy
Praying for your co-worker, and for her son to be found. Praying for you too- it is not easy to watch someone else suffer and want to carry their burdens but feel there's not much we can do. I'm sure your prayers and support make a bigger difference than you realise though. I love the verse you quote from Psalm 68 and that we don't have to carry our own or other people's burdens by ourselves but that we can give them to God and know him with us. (#57)
ReplyDeleteCarly,
Deletethank you. There had been a terrible wreck and a 300 foot drop so the chances were slim, but he needed to be found. Thanks to all your prayers, they found him Friday morning. Please continue to pray as they plan his memorial. It's so terrible.
Love,
Tammy
I really liked when you said that when we allow Him to carry us we can give strength to others. His love is awesome like that. Something I am still learning sending up a prayer right nw for you #5
ReplyDeleteKristina,
Deleteoh thank you. And thank you for praying. God knows so much more than we do. He was found Friday. It was a terrible accident, so his chances were slim, but now that he's found, we know for sure. Please continue to pray for the family.
Love,
Tammy
Don't you just love that He promises not to just GET us through the hard times... but that He promises to actuall walk with us through them? Praying for you, friend!
ReplyDeleteKarrilee,
Deletethank you. I so needed all of your prayers! I did feel lifted up and hopeful again Friday. So blessed to have your support.
Please continue to pray for the family. This has been difficult and his memorial is this next weekend.
Love,
Tammy
Oh Tammy! I pray this young man is found! We have friends whose wife has been missing for almost 2 years! It is devastating. That's when we trust that the Holy Spirit knows what to pray. Please keep us updated. Following you this week...sorry I didn't comment earlier, been a little busy this week :) Hugs
ReplyDeleteChristy,
DeleteI thank you. There had been a terrible wreck and a 300 ft drop, so we didn't know for sure but were still grieved that he did not make it. Still, we needed to find him. Friday morning, he was found. Please continue to pray for the family as they prepare for his memorial this weekend.
Love,
Tammy
Marie,
ReplyDeleteI love you. :)
Thank you for your support and love! I'm behind in visiting and commenting back, but hope to catch up tomorrow!
Love,
Tammy