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#9180 Wings Over The Mountains of Life



97 Pounds
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It was a national holiday. I was at work; everyone else was
off. It was one of those privileges of the boss.

The doorbell rang at the front door. I left my office and went
to open it. It was a UPS driver.

"How many boxes do you have," I asked.
"Just one," he replied "but it's 97 pounds.

I told him that he could just drive the truck up to the front,
and I could take the box off and leave it in the lobby. He then
explained that the truck was dock height, and his back wasn't
in good shape and that he didn't like to lift boxes from the
back of the truck to the ground. I understood.

I then told him that we could just take it off and leave it on
the dock, and I would bring it inside later. To open the dock
doors required me to walk through the dark warehouse area,
unlock the gates and open the doors so I just walked around to
the dock area from outside.

As we both lifted the box he said, "I think they lied about
that 97 pounds."

About 30 minutes later, I opened the dock doors and began to
lift the box. It wasn't just heavy, it was awkward. You had to
really spread your arms to get a grip on the box, and I could
feel the pull on my back. I thought about the UPS driver's back
and decided to get a hand truck.

I maneuvered the box onto the hand truck and rolled it easily
into the warehouse. You could roll that reportedly 97-pound box with
two fingers and absolutely no strain. I was amazed at the ease
of movement with the hand truck versus pure muscle power.

God then spoke.
"That's the difference, when going through life, between a happy
attitude and outlook and a sour one."

The same box, the same distance and the same result but a vastly
different effort was required using my muscles or the hand truck.

Use the happy hand truck with your heavy loads.

"For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
(Mat 11:30 KJV)

~A MountainWings Original~

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