I like this better than simply “Weight Matters” for discovery because the question creates curiosity while the second half delivers the emotional hook.

Some of the heaviest things we carry in life don’t weigh a pound.

Guilt. Resentment. Regret. Fear about tomorrow. Other people’s expectations. Responsibility for choices someone else made. The need to control outcomes we were never capable of controlling.

On Kilimanjaro, I learned quickly that weight matters. Every extra pound in your pack eventually makes the climb harder.

But the same thing happens in life.

The Bible tells us to “carry each other’s burdens” in Galatians 6:2. But Psalm 55:22 also tells us to “cast your cares on the Lord.”

So which burdens are ours to carry, which are we called to help someone else carry, and which ones were we supposed to give to God a long time ago?

In Episode 171 of Summit After the Storm, we explore an important distinction:

A cross is different from baggage.

Following Christ requires sacrifice, responsibility, commitment and sometimes pain. But worry isn’t your cross. Resentment isn’t your cross. Trying to control another person isn’t your cross.

Sometimes those are just rocks we’ve stuffed into our own backpack.

Before asking God for stronger shoulders, maybe we need to ask:

“God, what am I carrying that You never asked me to carry?”

Sometimes faith means picking up a burden.

And sometimes faith means finally putting one down.

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