Too much to bear? Think again!

Yesterday was a terrible day for me...I kept getting hit with more and more trials and my mind filled with doubts, and a cloud of gloom fell over me all day. I started "arguin" with The Lord asking Him if He loves me as much as He says He does, then why do I have to go through all these things and why is it sooo difficult for me to make it. And He told me this (through someone I love. Thank you Debbie for you patience with me and thank you Heather for being there for me I love you!!).
Jesus speaking:)
No matter how unfair or difficult your cross in life seems to be I want you to know that I don't ever give a cross heavier than you can handle, I never give you more than you can bear.
I'll tell you a little story:
Once there was a young girl named Karol.
In her younger years life seemed to be relatively easy for her, she never saw her cross as being too heavy and was for the most part content with it. But as she grew up she felt her cross getting heavier and heavier till one day she got fed up with the weighty cross, she was tired of it and just about ready to give it up. She wandered around looking for another cross to bear and she found a gold cross full of diamonds and rubis incrusted on it, it was a breath taking sight,so as soon as she saw it she determined it should be hers, for it was for sure much nicer than the old wooden one she had to carry. So she left her cross and went to pick the golden one up, but as she reached down for it and tried to pick it up she realized it was so heavy she couldn't even lift it on to her shoulders she tried and tried to pick it up till she gave up. It was just imposible for her to carry that one. Surely there must be another cross I could bear that could equal the beauty of this one she thought to herself. She continued looking till she caught sight of it, a beautiful cross full of roses and flowers of all types, colors and sizes, she imediately went to pick it up and sighed with relief when she picked it up and could carry it with no problems and was even lighter than her own. After carrying it for a few minutes though, she realized how much her back was hurting because of the thorns the roses had, they kept poking her back until she was bleeding. She put the cross down once again and stoped for a moment to think a bit and she came to the conclusion that her cross was not all that hard to bear, she felt happy for her own cross knowing that even though it was not beautiful like the others ones she saw other ppl carrying around, it was her cross to bear and she finally felt content and picked up her cross and carried it around with gusto. (eop)
Me(Consuelo)
Anothe example the Lord gave me was that of the story of the two man that were carrying they're crosses mainly uphill and through rough land. the second man(Tom) decided to cut his cross a bit so it wouldn't be so long and heavy, so much to the first man's(George) dismay he cut it and he kept going forward. George started thinking of doing the same, but The Lord asked him not to and He said that even though his burden was heavy and long there was a reason for it. Everything seemed to be going great for Tom and his climb seemed to be so much easier so much that Geroge started seriously doubtin what he had gotten from the Lord regarding his cross, but when he felt it was too much to handle they came across a large opening in the ground with a very long fall,it was dreary sight and there was no way of going around it. Tom was scared and puzzled, but George knew exactly what to do. He put his cross down and used it as a bridge to get across and got to his destination safely and happy.....what happened to Tom??? Well some say they have seen him trying to build a bridge to cross to the other side (for the last ten years..oops) I guess we'll never know what the final outcome for him will be. So as I said I have had to make very tough choices in the past few weeks and I've come to realize that I like my crown as hard is it to carry it sometimes...and though through making some of the "sacrifices" the Lord hasd asked me to do for Him I feel like a part of me has died (yeah the pain was that strong...I'm sure some of you have been there even more than once) I know that I will ressurect soon with Him(Jesus) really living and moving through me and that He is breaking you and me and molding us to be the vessels we need to be in order to be of use to Him. So never minimize your cross for it will be there to aid some day when u need it the most (see Tom
and Georges example)Also know that your cross wasn't given to you unfarily the Lord knows
just how much you can take and He's promised in His word He will NOT give us more than we can handle and that His grace is sufficient for us. And the word sacrifice...well I will say like David Livingston **(see end note) said in a conference on one of his very few trips to England when he was being awarded for his many sacrifices:
Sacrifice? Away with such word, such an idea. Can anything we do for the Lord be called a sacrifice when He gave up His heavenly home on high to die for you and me? So that we could live, and love. Anything we ever do or give up for HIM is only paying back a small partion fo what He sacrificed for us. Ladies and gentleman I have never made a sacrifice.** David Livingstone was an English missionary to Africa who gave his life to the Lord in order to preach to the tribes in dark Africa, facing sickness, loss, danger and forgoing all sort of luxuries and comforts of his previous life. (I love David Livingston he definetly lived what he preached).