Are your Burdens Heavy Part 2

 I took my own advice and the for the past couple of weeks I have been focusing on asking the Lord to help ease my burden.  I had a lot on my plate and I wanted help to deal with the stress that comes with being pulled in so many directions.  

So every morning I have been praying to the Lord to help my burdens to be lighter.  Which the Lord did, I have had very little stress with all that I had going and was able to clearly think through everything that I needed to do.  

However I was not prepared to have all my burdens eased, even burdens that I didn't realize that I had been carrying.  Twenty plus years ago someone I loved really hurt me emotionally.  I thought that I was over this experience, I held no grudges towards this person and I now have a great relationship with this person. So it shocked me when my husband pointed out that I truly had not dealt with the emotions and the scars that were left from this experience. 

I spent 24 hours crying and confronting the scars that were still in my heart. But when I asked the Lord to once again to ease y burden of the pain and hurt that I felt, it was gone in an instant.  But not until the burden had been lifted from my heart, did I realized how heavy laden I was because of the hurt I had been carrying. 

Richard G Scott said, “Complete healing will come through your faith in Jesus Christ and His power and capacity, through His Atonement, to heal the scars of that which is unjust and undeserved. You may find that hard to believe with your current feelings. I have witnessed how the Savior has healed aggravated cases of abuse in that way. Ponder the power of the Atonement.  Pray to understand how it can heal you.”   

I testify to you that if you will humbly go to the Lord and ask for your burdens to be eased he will ease them, even the burdens you didn't realized you had.

It had been a week since I had this experience.  The joy that I feel is amazing.  And my relationship with the person that hurt me; is even better that it was before.

I hope that you will take a leap of faith and ask the Lord to ease your burden on a regular base for a while.   See if the Lord reveals unto you any hidden burdens that you have been carrying, or maybe you are right in the middle of your burden.  Just keep praying with faith and humility and your prayers will be answered.