[don't] carry that weight

“It is so strange and so puzzling that we are so prone to want to carry anxious burdens which the Lord himself has sworn to carry for us if we will but acknowledge his kingly power in every situation.”

.john piper

another great sermon by john piper entitled, Do Not Be Anxious About Your Life

good reminder.

cast

"6Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, 7casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you."

1 Peter 5: 6-7

a really cool sermon by john piper entitled, "Anxieties: To Be Cast Not Carried" (link will lead to sermon download, stream, or podcast)

how can a man like me remain in the light?

Chinese Translation
-M. Ward

I sailed a wild, wild sea
climbed up a tall, tall mountain
I met an old, old man
beneath a weeping willow tree

He said now if you got some questions
go and lay them at my feet
but my time here is brief
so you'll have to pick just three

And I said
What do you do with the pieces of a broken heart?
and how can a man like me remain in the light?
and if life is really as short as they say
then why is the night so long?

and then the sun went down
and he sang for me this song

See I once was a young fool like you
afraid to do the things
that I knew I had to do
So I played an escapade just like you
I played an escapade just like you

I sailed a wild, wild sea
climbed up a tall, tall mountain
I met an old, old man
he sat beneath a sapling tree

He said now if you got some questions
go and lay them at my feet
but my time here is brief
so you'll have to pick just three

And I said
What do you do with the pieces of a broken heart?
and how can a man like me remain in the light?
and if life is really as short as they say
then why is the night so long?
and then the sun went down
and he played for me this song