Have you ever traveled with a lot of baggage through an airport? My wife Kim and son Shaun were flying home a few weeks ago from San Antonio, Texas. Their rental car had to be returned about eight hours before their flight was to leave. That didn’t seem to be a problem as they planned to drop the car off, check their bags and then take a taxi to the Alamo and Riverwalk, before returning for the flight. The problem arose when they realized their flight was the only flight on that carrier that day and no one would be available to check their bags for seven hours. There they were stuck at the airport with nothing to do with their baggage for 8 hours. You can’t just leave your baggage and hope it will be ok. T.S.A. personnel tends to frown on that in our current climate. You can’t lug the luggage around everywhere you go. So they were stuck in the airport with their baggage, missing out on the adventure in San Antonio.
That’s exactly where a lot of marriages are … stuck with their baggage. Oh we all have baggage that we bring into our marriage. The baggage could be labeled abuse, greed, sexual promiscuity, depression, debt, or addiction. But we all have baggage. Couples often get to a point when they realize they don’t know what to do with the baggage. They can’t just leave it alone and they sure don’t want to drag it around so they just sit miserable and missing out on the adventure of marriage because of baggage.
What are you going to do with your baggage?
2 comments:
Very well said my friend. I've seen it way too much. Baggage has to be dealt with. I love how Jesus invites us...and then says those refreshing words, "my burden is light." Ahhhh. No baggage with Him!
Well said my friend! Love ya bro. Keep on reaching!
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