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Heavy Lifting
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels and the Miraculous
By Jetta B. Allen
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
~Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
I couldn’t know that night what was in store for our family. I only knew my stress level was too high. The client crises in my social-work job always multiplied during the holidays. This year, the pressure of managing them seemed far too heavy. As I drove through the darkness, my husband Jim’s desire for a career change came to mind. While we juggled day-to-day responsibilities, he quietly watched for a new opportunity. Somehow in the midst of all our issues, I needed to shelve my worry and focus on our December events.
I peered between the windshield wipers’ fast strokes and groaned. The parking lot was full. A block-long overflow of cars had pulled onto the campus lawn. Everyone in our small Arkansas town must have turned out for the Christmas program.
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