What burdens are you carrying today? An ill child? Financial need? Deteriorating health? Diminishing capacity? Loneliness? Indecision? Losing someone you love? Failed mentors? Injustice? Growth of wickedness? Isaiah warns that trusting in anything other than God will only increase those burdens making them even more burdensome.
Idols
This Idol I’m Holding in My Right Hand Is a Lie
Living in Indonesia brought me face to face with idols for the first time. Actual idols—carved manmade images of gods with bulging eyes, giant teeth, bulbous stomachs—grotesque, scary creatures stationed inside and outside homes and temples. Artwork, dances, colorful depictions of gods, gods, and more gods. Idol worship is indeed alive and well in the world.
Pondered Treasures 