Emotional Baggage (Part Two)
Emotional Baggage (Part Two) July 21, 2024
Emotional Baggage (Part One) can be found on the Owen Sound church of Christ website under Blogs, July 14, 2024.
Since God is the only one who knows our emotional baggage, if we want to identify it and get rid of it, that is who we need to ask for help. It was refreshing that one so young had already learned that. But it is never too late to start using God’s help.
Gideon in the Old Testament had the emotional baggage of fear. He was afraid to lead an army against the powerful Midianites. “Pardon me, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family” (Judges 6:15). But Gideon knew where to go to get rid of the emotional baggage. He asked God for a sign that God was going to be with him, to get rid of his fear. God gave him a sign. The baggage was still there. Gideon knew it. God knew it. Okay, Lord, I need another sign opposite to the first one. God gave him a second sign and Gideon was ready to go. Maybe it took an extra little nudge from a loaf of bread, but we read in Judges 7:15, “When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down and worshipped. He returned to the camp of Israel and called out, “Get up! The LORD has given the Midianite camp into your hands.”
The graphic is a joke. They do not charge for emotional baggage on a plane. If they did, knowing us humans, there would be no room for passengers. But we do get charged for emotional baggage in a lot of other areas of our lives. It prevents us from doing things we need to do. It hinders our relationships with others and with God because not getting along well with others reduces our relationship with God.
Emotional baggage could be the burden that keeps us out of heaven. It is not good stuff.
By Les Cramp
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(Emotional Baggage by Somewan on Dribble)