Christ as our refuge

He Helps Me Carry

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Backstory

Psalm 55:22 says, “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.” This scripture held a deeper meaning for me this past week. The Hebrew word translated as “sustain” means to hold up or support. After pondering this meaning, I could picture a person climbing a huge mountain with a heavy backpack. Eventually, they cry out to their Savior to help them carry the heavy weight.

He Helps Me Carry

I looked up at the high mountain peak,
And my body felt so incredibly weak.
But I knew that I needed to climb
What was ahead of me at this time.

The load that I carried on my back
Seemed so heavy that I felt I would crack.
I only had myself to lean on as I started to ascend,
As I took step after another, not seeing the end.

As the weight of my pack got difficult to handle on my own,
I felt like my worries and cares were to everyone unknown.
I didn’t know if I could take one more step forward,
As I stumbled and fell to my feet backward.

In my moment of despair, I needed someone to help me,
As I knelt on the ground and whispered a silent plea.
“Please, help me to carry this heavy burden
Because I am desperate and I don’t know if I can rise again.”

In the stillness of the moment, I heard a gentle reply,
“You were never alone, for I have always been nearby.”
I could feel the weight of my pack get lighter
As the view ahead began to look brighter.

The Takeaway

Sometimes the weight of the burdens that we carry may seem too heavy to bear. We might feel like we are climbing a huge mountain with a heavy pack. But we don’t have to carry the weight on our own. Jesus is always there to help us carry what we can’t carry by ourselves. We only need to cry out to Him, and He will be there when we call upon Him.

Watch the YouTube short of me reading part of the post here:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hhxpDcV-sLU

Jesus, My Refuge

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My Daily Musings-August 14th, 2026

I really liked these two verses I came across recently.

Psalm 9:9-10:
9. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
10. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

I think why these verses resonated with me so much is because Jesus has been in the past and still is today, my refuge in times of trouble. I have always been a believer and follower of Jesus Christ. I’m definitely not perfect and I have days when I doubt, days when I feel alone, and days when I feel like no one understands what I am going through. I think we all do. But just knowing that Jesus is there for me any time I seek Him is a big comfort for me.

I will put my trust in Jesus forever because I know that He will never forsake me. I might distance myself from Him occasionally when I think I can do things myself and I think I don’t need help. But when I seek Him, He is there for me at a moment’s notice. That is where my hope lies, in Jesus being my refuge, especially during my hard times.

When have you felt Jesus Christ become your refuge during a difficult time in your life? What helps you turn to Jesus and seek Him when you are feeling alone or discouraged?

Held While Healing

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Backstory:
While listening to the audiobook, The Lumber Baron’s Wife by Lynn Austin, I was intrigued by the story of one of the main characters because she and her husband lost their 3 young children to illness. She said that she didn’t think that she had healed from that grief. This made me wonder to myself, “How do we know if we have been healed from grief, loss, trauma or just the hard trials we face in this life?” This made me think that a physical scar like a cut eventually heals and fades and we can’t see it anymore. But emotional scars take longer to heal and sometimes they don’t fade as fast or at all. But because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can heal from those times and feel hope to move on. 

Held While Healing

We have physical scars that fade over time,
And we can’t see them anymore so we think we are fine.
Then we experience hard losses and trauma in this life,
That take much longer to heal and cause us great strife,

Some days, we feel more healing has been done in our heart
And that we could move on and make a fresh new start.
We feel that the emotional weight has lifted off our shoulder,
So that our heart doesn’t feel like it is carrying a huge boulder.

Then other days, we might feel that our heart is broken
Because of the emotional toll of the words that are unspoken.
We might feel alone and like no one knows the trials we face,
And we wish we could be in a better emotional space.

Those are the times when we need to feel hope,
And that we are understood so we can more easily cope.
Just when we are feeling the deepest despair,
That is when our Savior, Jesus Christ will be there.

He has felt all of our pains, sorrows and losses before,
And He knows because of those feelings, our heart can feel sore.
Jesus will help us feel better when we need to heal,
And He will carry us when our sorrows are real.

The Takeaway: When we experience emotional trials that take a toll on our heart and mind, we may wonder if we will ever feel hope again. But, there is always hope because of our Savior, Jesus Christ. He has felt all of our sorrows and losses and only He can help us heal from those scars. 

Watch the YouTube short of this poem here:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AFGmFH5x8Pk

Hope That Keeps Me Going

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My Daily Musings-July 16th, 2026

Some days, hope is what keeps us moving forward.

I was talking with my therapist recently about my health. The last few months have brought new and worsening symptoms that no doctor has been able to explain. I told her that I just keep going, hoping that maybe the next doctor will have answers or the next medication will help. She smiled and said it was a good thing that I always have hope that someday my health will improve.

Her words stayed with me.

I don’t know when that day will come. Even on the hardest days, when my body won’t allow me to do very much, I still choose to believe that better days are ahead. Where do you find hope when life feels uncertain? What keeps you moving forward when the answers don’t come as quickly as you’d like?

For me, that hope is rooted in my Savior, Jesus Christ. Because of His Atonement, I know that every trial has an eternal purpose, and I trust that in His perfect time, healing and peace will come. Until then, I’ll keep holding on to hope—one day at a time.

Lay It at His Feet

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My Daily Musings-July 9th, 2026

“As a camel kneels before his master to have him remove his burden at the end of the day, so kneel each night and let the Master take your burden.” — Corrie Ten Boom

I have always loved this quote because it reminds me of the incredible gift of prayer. Every time I kneel before my Heavenly Father, I feel His love and know He is listening. I may never fully understand how He can hear the prayers of every one of His children at the same time, but I know He does. He is always there the moment we reach out to Him.

How often do we try to carry burdens that were never meant to be carried alone? What if, instead of holding on to them one more day, we placed them into the loving and capable hands of our Heavenly Father?

Some burdens are simply too heavy for us, but they are never too heavy for Him. He invites us to come to Him, to trust Him, and to leave our worries at His feet. He doesn’t grow weary of carrying our burdens because His love for us never grows weary.

Tonight, perhaps we can all kneel a little longer, trusting that the Master is more than able to carry what we cannot.