The Weight is a Gift

The Weight is a Gift

Your shoulders begin to quiver
You’re straining under a heavy load
As your knees begin to buckle
Listen to the Voice in your heart saying,


“Don’t give up now
This weight is a gift
I know your true strength
Push with all your might
I am here with you.”


Your back is breaking under the enormity
Of the mass of sadness in your chest
As you are pulled closer to the ground
Listen to the Voice calling through the sadness,


“Don’t give up now
This weight is a gift
I know your true strength
Push with all your might
I am here with you.”


The Voice calls louder now,
“This is a test of love
I have searched your heart and soul
And have found that you love Me
I am here now and forever
To help you make it through"


The weight is a gift
A gift of love
Be still for He speaks,
“Well done O faithful one.”
...the weight is gift...

Words by Jonathan Anderson

I wrote this song for someone I love who experienced a hard time and really needed some encouragement. Yeah I know it's a hard way of looking at things but how true it is! Deuteronomy 13:3 says, "The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul." And God does this to test our love for Him. And it's the bad times in life that make us who we are. James 1:12 says, "Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him." So even throught the hard times God's there. ALWAYS. The Weight is A Gift is a tough song to come to terms with I suppose. A lot of people may look at those words and be like, "Who does he think he is writing something like that?" Or others may look at them and take them to heart! But one thing is for sure when the weight is on your shoulders be sure that Hope is on His way. Our Solace God is comin' again. We have been rescued, are being rescued on a daily basis, and our gonna ultimately be rescued in the Second Coming! But for now we livin' in a broken, beatin' earth with pain and sadness and evil! We are tried and tested by life! The weight bears down hard at times, but don't be scared of the night for surely the dawn will break through casting a shawdow on yesterday and all its troubles!


Be Encouraged Brothers and Sisters
Your fellow brother,
Jonathan Anderson