My sister-friend Jessica shared something with me the other night that really helped me. She said, “When I can’t get something out of my head, I close my eyes and visualize physically holding the situation and putting it at Jesus’s feet. Like I walk through the whole scenario - like what I’m wearing and what it feels like and what the room looks like and how I walk and everything.”
I have such comfort knowing my precious sister-friends to whom I turn when I need wise counsel or prayers, have sweet nuggets like this to share with me.
“Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” - Matthew 11:28 (NLT)
Jesus meant those words. Jessica painted the word picture for me. Sometimes it helps to visualize handing over whatever it is weighing us down, and placing it at Jesus’ feet. The night Jessica said that to me, I went into our bedroom, sat on the edge of our bed with the lights off, and didn’t say a word in prayer. I just closed my eyes and imagined everything going on, and I visualized Jesus sitting right next to God, on His throne, and I dropped it at their feet.
I had to drop it because it’s just so heavy. As I visualized doing this, I imagined myself in almost a prone position, literally on my hands and knees before God. And then I imagined Jesus leaning down and kissing my forehead, and telling me, “I love you more than you will ever know.”
As I imagined those words, I allowed myself to cry real tears. Because those are words I have said to Michala her entire life. “I love you more than you will ever know.” I didn’t force those words in my thoughts, I truly believe The Holy Spirit laid them on my heart.
When I shared this with Terry, we both said how fortunate we are to have such close relationships with Jesus, and how we can’t imagine going through the trials of life, without Him.
My sister-friend Jessica is a beautiful person. I mean it, she is one of those exquisite, stunning beauties. But beyond her external beauty is an internal beauty radiating Jesus.
I desperately needed the reminder to visualize myself handing over our heavy burdens. Maybe you need it, too? It is so freeing to lay those burdens down. Even more freeing to lay them at Jesus’ feet.