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          OUR DAILY BREAD                       Tuesday, January 25, 1994
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          READ:  Psalm 55:16-22

                                OFF-LOADING OUR CARES

                            Cast your burden on the Lord,
                              and He shall sustain you.
                                    --Psalm 55:22

          My  poor  computer  had gotten  overloaded.  I  had  been  adding
          programs  to  it,  storing tons of information,  and  working  on
          several  big  projects.  Finally  it sent  me  a  clear  message,
          informing  me  that  it was incapable of taking any  more.  If  I
          didn't relieve it immediately, it was going to "crash".

          So I got some extra disks and did some quick off-loading.  I  put
          each project on a disk of its own and trashed a lot of stuff I no
          longer  needed.  My grateful computer breathed a sign  of  relief
          and began functioning normally again.

          Sometimes my life gets to be like my computer.  I pack in so much
          responsibility  and activity and commitment, and I carry so  much
          unresolved  emotion  that I feel I can't  take  it  anymore.  The
          burdens and cares seem enormous.  If I'm honest, I'll admit  that
          I'm about to "crash".

          When  we get signals of overload -- sleeplessness,  irritability,
          worry  --  it's time to do some off-loading.  It's time  to  drop
          some  activities and responsibilities.  We may need to say no  to
          some  requests.  Above  all, as the psalmist suggested,  we  must
          off-load our cares on the Lord.  He has promised to help us carry
          our burdens.

          Author:  David C. Egner

                            When every worry, every care
                             To God in faith is brought,
                             We have no reason to allow
                             One single anxious thought.
                                       --Anon.

          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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          God invites us to burden Him with whatever burdens us.

          THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Job 32-34

          
          
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