There is an anonymous poem that has been around awhile. It goes like this:
Broken Dreams
As children bring their broken toys with tears for us to mend
I brought my broken dreams to God, because He was my friend
But then instead of leaving Him in peace to work alone
I hung around and tried to help with ways that were my own.
At last I snatched them back and said, “How can You be so slow”?
“My child”, He said, “What could I do? You never would let go.”
Kind of makes you want to shake your head to imagine such silliness, doesn’t it? But think about it a minute, in a different light. How many times have we done exactly that to the Lord? We say, “Lord, I’ll let you save me, but I won’t bother you with my burdens, I’ll carry them myself.” “I’ll trust You to keep me out of Hell, but my problems are all my fault – let me help you solve them.” “God, you take care of the big problems I can’t handle, I’ll take care of the rest”. If we can trust God to save us from Hell, don’t you think we can cast ALL our cares upon Him? Psalm 55:22 and I Peter 5:7 tells us we can. The Bible is full of verses and examples that tell us just that. Why don’t we resolve to do just that in this new year?
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