Travelling Light

The night before the 8th Aug, I was packing my bag for the next night of cycling. When I was packing, I kept reminding myself - Travel light, travel light, travel light. At the end, my bag was as light as I thought I could have gotten it to be. I thought, well, it MAY rain. So I packed in my poncho. Then, I thought, I may perspire. So I packed in my towel. And a few other little things.

Night cycling started at about 2145hrs on 8th August. By the time we reached our first stop, that light bag of mine seemed to weigh a ton heavier. I began to wonder - why didn't I just have faith that it won't rain? And I began to wonder - Night cycling is SO cooling, why did I even bother to bring towel? And I wonder - Why can't I just bring a small pouch with some money, phone and keys?!?!

By 345am when we reached Jalan Kayu, I was SO glad that I could just dump my bag in the van. Gosh.. EVEN though my bag was REALLY quite light, the effect of loading off my burdensome bag was SUCH a relief! I thought I could cycle a tiny weeny bit faster. I literally felt that my shoulder blade is lighter.

Coincidentally, as I was cycling towards Punggol, I began to think of the book that I am currently reading - Travelling Light. *smile* Somehow, the verse from 1 Peter 5:7 rang in my head "Cast ALL your anxiety on him because he cares for you".. Personally, I paraphrased it as "Cast ALL your burdens on him because he cares for you".

No matter how light I travelled that night, I felt so burdened by the extra load on the bag. I thought to myself - How draggy I can be at times? Many times, as humans, we live a life that is so filled with a baggage filled with hurts from cutting words from people, rights to be right, pains from the past, disappointments from expectations, unreciprocated feelings and gestures, etc. Yet, God is telling us - Come, come to be ALL you who has burdens AND cast it ALL to me. I CARE for you and I can CARRY that burden for you. All you have to do is to let go of the hand that is gripping so tightly to the hurts/pain/disappointments and cling on to me.

Travel light. Point taken.