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Your burden
(Octavius
Winslow, "Daily Need Divinely Supplied")
"Cast your burden upon the Lord, and He
shall
sustain you." Psalm 55:22
Wonderful words! Their sense is magical—their
sound is music—their very utterance is repose!
It is one of those flowers culled from the Lord's
garden—penciled with beauty and laden with
perfume, which defies all human art to heighten
the loveliness of the one, or to increase the
sweetness of the other.
And yet, as most flowers are more fragrant when
crushed, and as the grape yields its sweetest
juice when pressed—a simple exposition of these
precious words, however gentle the pressure, may
prove a spiritual fragrance and refreshment to some
burdened child of God.
O my soul, what is your burden? Remember the
invitation is a personal one, and therefore includes
every care and need, sin and sorrow, that you have.
"Cast your burden on the Lord, and He
shall sustain
you."
Whatever your burden, cast it in the prayer
of faith
on the Lord. Peculiar and heavy though it may be,
His strength and grace and love will sustain you.
Encircled by His almighty arm,
upheld by His promises,
strengthened by His grace,
soothed by His sympathy,
comforted by His Spirit,
you shall not sink, for it is written, "Cast your
burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain you."
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