Carrying Others
About this episode
The episode discusses the burdens of worry and concern, emphasizing the importance of benevolent detachment and the impact of social media on our connections.
Worry is only one of a hundred things that burden our souls. Genuine concern is just as dangerous, maybe more so because it’s grounded in something noble — your concerns for your aging parents, a sick friend, a people group, a cause crying out for justice. Those kinds of things can fill a backpack, and make it mighty heavy. Jesus began teaching me about benevolent detachment almost two years ago. Every time I would turn to him with a question, he would say, Give everyone and everything to me . The invitation rang so true; I knew I needed to learn this. So I began to practice it as best I could. But then Jesus kept on repeating the invitation. I’d be asking about something entirely unrelated to the people in my life — car repairs, scheduling a trip, my tax returns — and Jesus would reply, Give everyone and everything to me. It was irritating. I finally realized that the reason he kept repeating it was because I wasn’t practicing it very well. I was carrying people. Worrying about things. We are far more entangled with the world than we know. And the thing is, people and causes have a way of entangling themselves with you too. Some of this has to do with the moment we live in and…
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