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carrying the ark, the gift within me, chosen for me by weight. What God initially had planned was for you to
God. Just as David stated, God chose the Levites to take on His yoke. It's easy. It's light and you would've
carry His glory. No one else could touch it. Later on gone through with much greater ease than you are
in 2 Samuel we find that David moved the ark again now. So going forward into 2018, make sure you let
but He did not carry it in the way which God told him go of the people God tells you to let go of. Not
to and on their way to place the ark of God elsewhere, everyone is worthy to carry the glory on your life.
there was a bump in the road which made the oxen Most won't know what to do with it but God does. If
shake. The ark began to fall. Uzzah was only asked to you take up His yoke for 2018, you'll find yourself
guide the cart with the ark on it but he reached out further along on your path to fulfilling purpose with a
and touched the ark. God immediately killed him. guide who never gets tired or gives up on you. In
numerology, the 18 stands for independence and
What we tend to do is bring others along on a journey building something of lasting benefit. You will have to
that God intended for us to take with Him and be on your own for a while, while carrying this glory
according to His plan. I'm sure many of us did this of God in your life. God will specifically call people
2017. We have hopes that although they don't share out who were predestined to assist you in carrying the
the same vision as us, that we could somehow vision to its destination of purpose. What you are
convince them to catch on to our vision and carry the carrying is meant to lay the foundation where your
weight with us. Unfortunately, on our path to fulfill great-great grandchildren and their children will be
purpose, they either give up or they are disobedient able to stand and thrive on. You can’t afford to hit a
to the plan. I mean, it wasn't their vision or their bump in the road and disturb the glory of God, solely
purpose anyway, so they could really care less. You based off of disobedience. There are generations to
are then left to carry the burden of fulfilling your come who are depending on you. Let go of what was
purpose along with carrying the load of their dead and press forward to what’s to come. 
Philippians 3:13
" ….but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead."
Kristen Rogers
www.hergoldensole.com
Kristen Rogers, also known as Naundi, was born and
raised in Oakland California as the youngest of 5
siblings. With a mother who spent time in women’s
rehabilitation programs as a client and later serving as
a counselor, she grew the passion of understanding
the hearts and minds of women. Experiencing terror
at the impressionable age of 7, with a life of torment
and pain until the age of 27, she now motivates
women through her writings as a Pain To Purpose
Blogger and an entrepreneur in the Kingdom, while
living by Isaiah 61:1.
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