Someone got a new window air conditioner. The reason I know this is that they felt compelled to drop (and I mean drop) the old one in the parking lot of our church. The pieces were strung out in the parking lot Monday morning.
It is hard to love someone who dumps on you.
Some people who dump on you are just dumpers. They have no concern for anyone. The world is theirs to trash. Their life is filled with anger, self pity, or just indifference. These folks will use you in a minute gladly.
Then there are the casual dumpers. These folks are not regular in their dumps, but do just as much damage. You usually can tell when the dump is coming as there is "victim" mentality present. "Woe is me!" is their battle cry. Whether it is the loss of a job, failure in relationships, or economic distress it is not their fault.
The truth is that we are all dumpers at one time or another. The trash of our life is too great so we look for somewhere to put it. Some of us dump within ourselves. Others of us find places or people we can unload on.
Strangely enough, Jesus of Nazareth invites us to bring our stuff to him. Jesus invited people to bring their brokenness, burdens, sins,--the things in life that do not work anymore. Jesus wants it so that Jesus can free us!
There is a line in an old Gospel hymn that stays in my mind alot---"Jesus swept across the broken strings stir the slumbering chords again!" The last line of that chorus says, "keeps me singing as I go".
Got old stuff, brokenness in your life? Instead of dumping in the parking lot, bring yourself into the presence of Jesus!
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