Most people say life is hard. Jesus said the world would bring trouble, but He also said, “Take heart—I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).
The problem isn’t just life.
It’s the weight we add to it.
We cling to burdens Christ never asked us to carry.
We call things “heavy” that Jesus calls “surrender.”
We call things “impossible” that Scripture calls “answered in weakness.”
Different cultures grieve, celebrate, fear, and hope in different ways.
That alone proves it: most of our suffering comes from interpretation, not truth.
And the truth is this: “My yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:30).
If life feels crushing, it’s usually not God’s burden you’re carrying.
From childhood we’re trained to perform, to please, to impress, to fit the mould.
We call it maturity. The Bible calls it the “old self” (Ephesians 4:22).
You can’t polish the old self.
You have to crucify it.
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live…” (Galatians 2:20).
Most people never do this.
They cling to excuses, habits, identities, expectations.
That cocoon feels safer than freedom.
But once you stop living for approval, once you stop glancing sideways and start looking “unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2) life becomes radically lighter.
The storms don’t vanish, but the resistance does.
Pain stays, but it becomes clean.
Fear may whisper, but it no longer rules.
You begin to see what was true all along:
The world was never in your control, and it never needed to be.
“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).
The hardest lives belong to those who pretend, pretending to be fine, pretending to be spiritual, pretending to be who others want.
Falsehood is heavy.
Christ is light.
Life was never meant to be lived alone.
It only became unbearable when you tried.
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