The Lady And The Basket

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There is a funny story about an old lady who was living in the

village. She had never owned nor even been in a car before. One day,

she was returning home from the market carrying a big heavy basket on

her head, when a rich man riding in his car passed by. Kindly, he

offered to drive the lady to her home. She thanked him and got into

the car with her basket.

 

On the way, the man glanced at the lady in the mirror, still holding

her basket over her head. Astonished, he asked her to lay the basket

down in the car and rest. The old lady naively replied, " Oh, my son,

your car is carrying me; this is enough, I should not burden it

carrying my basket too! "

 

What an innocently funny response!

 

However, we sometimes do the same with God. Everyday, God carries us

during the day. Still, we insist on carrying our heavy baskets of

worries and fear of the future, for family, kids,spouse, money, job, etc.

 

We are carried by Almighty Hands, watched over by Sleepless Eyes and

God plans our future. Let us then relax and lay down everything in

God's Hands. The old lady, if she agreed to lay down the basket, would

still have to carry it once again when she got back home. But the

beautiful thing about God is, that once we cast our heavy basket in

His Hands, we don't need to think about it anymore.