He carries what we can't. Does it resonate with you right away or does it feel too good to be true?

But what does it even really mean and how does it apply to your life today?

I'm Eve Steipes and this is the Grace Lice podcast. Welcome. We're so glad you're here.

Today Ruth Jo Simons and I are talking about how to preach the truth of Matthew 11, 28 to 30, hopefully some

familiar verses to ourselves. Let's get started. So my question for all of us is, are you very good

at asking for help? Eve, are you good at asking for help? Or do you

tend to want to shoulder all the things yourself? Yeah, I would say I'm growing and asking for help.

I used to be really bad. I think I always just felt like it was an imposition. I couldn't ask anybody

to like help with my kids or watch

them for an afternoon or any of those pieces. And I think as I have grown and maybe as the

burdens of those things have gotten heavier, I am no longer afraid to ask and say like, hey,

I actually need help with this or even to say no, like, I cannot do

the thing you are asking me to do.

But, yeah, I think it's a process.

What about you?

Well, you know, today we're talking about God being the one who carries what we can't.

And I think about how often for me, because you know, I'm a recovering striver

that for me so often that looks like me thinking that I need to carry and just carry all the

the need to fix everything to like find the solution for the issue that I can't figure out,

better myself, get myself where I want to be, strategize the best life so that I am not wasting

it. And I, if I'm honest, all those things, whether it involves exercise or food or whatever it is that I think I need to do better,

at some level, it's an attempt to save myself. I'm carrying this weight. And let's be honest,

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