God Lightens Our Load

Psalm 18:28 "For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness."

Anxious, discouraged, bummed out. If we're honest we go through seasons where we feel this way. For some these seasons of depression and discouragement never leave, and for others they come and go with varying duration and intensity. How encouraging that God lightens our heavy load, carries our burdens, and illuminates a path in the dark. We can invite him into these areas.

As the Psalmist writes,

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me." (Psalm 23:4)

What great news that God offers us his presence to lighten our darkness. 

Elliot Wnek