This is an ongoing healthy habit that I am continually trying to perfect, will probably do so until the Lord comes or takes me home. I try my hardest to take the worry to Him in prayer but I don’t always leave it there.

In one of my daily devotions, from In Touch by Charles Stanley he shares what this looks like, maybe you can relate?

Lifting the Weight of Our Burdens-In Touch daily readings for devoted living April 2021

Have you ever suddenly awoken in the middle of the night with a heavy burden on your heart? Sometimes this kind of weight is from the Lord and will be lifted when He has accomplished His purpose-for example, an impulse to pray or a strong motivation to do God’s will. Other burdens are caused by sin and weigh us down until we confess them.

But regular, daily burdens are not for us to carry. We tend to think of worries as our lot in life- like responsibilities we’re to handle without “bothering” God. But really our lot is to walk obediently with God and trust Him to do the heavy lifting on our life. Scripture says we are to cast every burden on Him (1 Peter 5:7). We must identify the concern, surrender it into His care, and have faith He will sustain us as He has promised.

Relinquishing our grasp on burdens does not mean we stop thinking about them. We still prayerfully bring them to God, listen for His guidance, and bless His name for bearing worries on our behalf (Psalm 68:19). But our concerns won’t destroy us if they’re set on God’s shoulders. Are you carrying a heavy load? God wants to hold it-and you-in His hand.

Read Psalm 55:16-22

As for me, I will call upon God, And the Lord shall save me. Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice.

He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me. For there were many against me.

God will hear, and afflict them, Even He who abides from of old. Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God.

He has put forth His hands against those who were at peace with him; He has broken his covenant. The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, But war was in his heart; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.

Cast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.

But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You.

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Starting a healthy habit of casting your burdens is like any other “good” thing for us, it takes work. It takes work to eat healthy, to work out, to read our Bibles, to pray. It seems that anything that is good for us takes a lot of discipline and self control. Take these burdens to Him and allow Him to work in and through you to make the load a little lighter. To lessen your anxieties. It’s His delight and pleasure to help us with disciplines that we can’t do on our own.

Cilla 💕