Rain Again.

It's rainy again today. What's up May? April showers bring May flowers? I guess my car is getting a free carwash :). I woke up late again this morning, woke up to a text at 7:45am, thank goodness. I have to leave for my staff meeting in a half hour and my knees are killing me for some reason. I slept well last night and yesterday was a good day at work. The girls were in a good mood for the most part. Some of them were dealing with everyday emotions but with some love and care they can make it through to the end of the day. Some of them can't wait to go to sleep so that the day that they are having, if bad, is over and they can start afresh the next day. Sometimes I know I feel like that. Sometimes I feel like that for a whole week. Just wishing I could go to sleep on a Sunday knowing that I have a whole new week ahead of me and new footprints to put down. Every day is a new day, a new day to leave behind the old. Sometimes that old carries on with us, sometimes that old is hard to slough off but when we let it fall, oh does it feel good. We aren't meant to carry heavy weights. Our bodies are so sensitive to what we do and what happens to us. Our bodies pay attention to our pain and our hurt. And when we don't listen to what we really need, what our hearts really crave, we become old really quickly. God calls us to walk in freedom and in peace. His yoke is easy and burden is light.We are called to lay it all at the feet of the cross and leave it there. When we are carrying our burdens around for so long, I think we become comfortable with them. Our weights become our security and our hurts, our blanket. How do we remove these, allowing ourselves to trust and walk away believing that we have the ability to walk strong in a new comfort of freedom? And how do we use that freedom?