We all have Baggage to Claim

You've got baggage behind you

But no where to go

Your heart beats faster

Does anyone know?

The weight you carry

Demands an extra charge

For you fears and pain

Come in extra large 

They ask for your baggage 

You decide to carry it on

You just can't let it go

Your scared might be long gone

The weight keeps from love

Your just afraid

That If you let go 

It will open you up for pain 

If you keep it here 

You know the baggage you'll claim

So you carry the burden

Weigh down the plane 

Your familiar with the baggage claim

You meet a girl

That makes you believe

That the baggage 

could just walk away and leave

Yet instead she comes 

With baggage of her own

And the burdens she carries

Can't be carried alone

You start to let go of yours

Only to find that hers is enough

Caring her bags

Is more than just tough

You scream let go 

This weight is too heavy

She tries but can't 

She's the one feeling guilty

If you keep yours

You can't belong

But if you let go

You'll have a different song

You long to get on the plane

But you've grown familar to the baggage to claim 

What if you let go

Of your security 

That girl loved you

And You'd be free

You'd be a tangled up mess

For she has weight too

But it takes two to defeat

This burden you hold on to 

Grab her hand 

You have to let go

And maybe just maybe 

you'll get on the plane 

and You'll have someone else's baggage to claim.

Poem: © 2015 Kenady Shope

What if we let go of the baggage that claims us, only to grab on to another hand? God's hand.  It's so easy to hold on to the junk we've been carrying around.  We are used to it, and familiar and if we let go, some new baggage might come along.  Yet  if we don't let go, we may never get to share in someone else's burdens.    God says "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30 

Let's Pray:

God we love you and we thank you for being a wonderful and merciful God who helps us carry our burdens.  Help us know when it's time to let go, so we can take a bigger grasp at who you are.  We love you and need you.

In Jesus's name 

Amen