Laying Down your Burdens

Last night I made the adventure to Costa Mesa, California to attend Rock Harbor church. It was such a great service and had so many young people. It reminded me of Hume Lake in high school when you got their early to sit in the front and then the doors opened and everyone ran in to get a good seat. In this case we just rushed in to get a seat at all. It was so awesome to be in a place where so many young people were all together praising the Lord. It was very refreshing also because these were people who chose to come. They weren't required for any class or school but for the the sole purpose of worshiping God. It was AMAZING!

The speaker at one point was talking about laying your burdens down upon Christ because he can handle it. He referenced some verses but one that really stuck with me was Psalm 55:22 "Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken." It is such a powerful verse and it was exactly what i needed to hear. I take things going on in my life and even though I say with great assurance that they will be all right, I'm not sure how much i actually believe that. The Holy Spirit was working in me last night to remember that he was their for me to help me with the load and that it was not all on me. It is amazing to me how God knows really where our heart is and knows that he can shape and form it even more than we can imagine. 

I am so blessed to be at Biola and I can officially say i have finished my first class of my second semester of my first year of COLLEGE! Wow. That is a lot to think about and I'm excited for what God has planned for the next semester! God is Good, he is here to take our burdens and he loves us UNCONDITIONALLY! This is what is going to help me make it through this next chapter of my life!