Mashed Potatoes

Place it in my hands. That command requires the person in whom is holding that something to not only give up that something, but give up the control of that something, and give the control over to the other person. It's a bigger concept than it simply sounds.

I, just like many, I am sure, like to hold onto things. They are my issues, crisis, dilemmas, burdens, and I don't want anyone else to have to deal with them. I like to hold it all in... the problem is, that sometimes it doesn't all fit. Sometimes I'm like a tupperware container full of mashed potatoes that has a little bit too much stuffed in there, and when you try to put the container top on, they just spill over. "Gross", that's how the seeping mashed potatoes appear. I'm sure that's also how I appear when I start taking all my anger, frustration, and stress of all that stuff that I'm holding onto inside, out on the people around me. The reality that I, and again so many others I am sure, fail to remember is that we aren't created to hold all of that in ourselves.

"And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work." 2 Corinthians 9:8 He is a b l e.

"Cast all of your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you." 1 Peter 5:7 He c a r e s.

Someone taught me something a while ago, that I will never forget. It's that if you don't let others help you from time to time, you are robbing them the opportunity to serve you. The same analogy but on a much higher scale, is that if we hold onto all of our stuff, whatever it may be, we are cheapening the gift of Jesus' sacrifice. Jesus died on the cross, taking on all of the sin of the world, willingly. That's including the stuff that we're holding onto. Take advantage and rest in the blessing of being able to give it all to Him, because not only does He allow us to, but He wants us to. Place your stuff in His hands... and don't overstuff your tupperware.