3-18-2026
I once heard a story about a man who was driving down the road behind a large truck. He wasn’t in a big hurry, so he just stayed behind the truck, and in the process he noticed something strange. At every stoplight the truck driver jumped out of the cab and pounded the side of the truck with a baseball bat, then jumped back in the truck and took off.
After seeing this happen at 5 or 6 lights, the man’s curiosity got the best of him. At the next light, he jumped out of his car and ran up to the driver who was furiously pounding his truck.
He said, “Hey fella, what’s up with the ball bat on the side of the truck?”
The driver said, “It’s like this. I have a one ton truck and two tons of canaries in the cargo container. That means I have to keep a ton of birds in the air at all times or this truck won’t move.”
Sometimes life feels a lot like that truck – we have more than we can carry, so we have to keep several things “up in the air” just to move forward. I know that I’ve had days like that, and I imagine you have as well. Just remember, you don’t have the carry the burdens of life alone because God has promised to walk with us on this journey.
And when you’ve had a very long, challenging, upside-down day, remember what Matthew recorded for us in chapter 11, verse 28:
Come to me all of you who are tired from the heavy burden you have been forced to carry. I will give you rest. ~Jesus
Blessings, LifePoint! I love you all, and pray for you daily!