Lifting the Burden

2 Corinthians 4:6-10

"6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body."

Down, but not out. Jesus keeps us from going out - we only go out if we feel like we're all alone. Feeling like I'm not alone frees me to focus on my blessings.

Even when the burden is not lifted, the weight of it can be lifted prior to the granting of the requested blessing.