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Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear
by
Max Lucado
Weary travelers. You've seen them -- everything they own crammed into their luggage. Staggering through terminals and hotel lobbies with overstuffed suitcases, trunks, duffels, and backpacks.
Backs ache. Feet burn. Eyelids droop.
We've all seen people like that.
At times, we are people like that -- if not with our physical luggage, then at least with our spiritual load.
We all...more
Backs ache. Feet burn. Eyelids droop.
We've all seen people like that.
At times, we are people like that -- if not with our physical luggage, then at least with our spiritual load.
We all...more
Paperback, 220 pages
Published
May 1st 2006
by W Publishing Group
(first published October 1st 2001)
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Mai mult ca sigur că, chiar în dimineaţa asta ai făcut aşa ceva. Undeva între primul pas pe care l-ai făcut când te-ai dat jos din pat şi ultimul pas pe care l-ai făcut ieşind din casă, ai şi apucat câteva bagaje. Te-ai apropiat apoi de banda rulantă pentru bagaje şi le-ai pus pe ea. Banda rulantă nu este cea dintr-un aeroport; este cea din mintea ta. Şi bagajele pe care le apuci, zi de zi deja, din reflex, nu sunt făcute din piele, sunt făcute din poveri.
Geamantanul vinei. Cufărul nemulţumirii....more
Geamantanul vinei. Cufărul nemulţumirii....more
No wonder life's seemed so heavy lately. Every burden described in this book, I've been carrying: worrying that my God is a lesser God, self-reliance, discontent, weariness, worry, hopelessness, guilt, arrogance, the grave, grief, fear, loneliness, shame, disappointment, envy, doubt, and not enough heaven-homesickness. Any of these sound familiar? This book is for you! It should be a requirement for every Bible study and devotional group!
My eldest sister, Carolyn, recommended this book to me because she knew I am a big fan of Dr. Stanley’s so thought I’d like Lucado too. I have read Lucado before – over a decade ago – but don’t remember the book. Still, I bought the book in paperback form so I could loan it out to family when I was finished.
Max writes in a wonderfully humorous style as he shares stories from his own life and the lives of those around him. Some stories make you laugh out loud while others bring tears to your eyes...more
Max writes in a wonderfully humorous style as he shares stories from his own life and the lives of those around him. Some stories make you laugh out loud while others bring tears to your eyes...more
This was a very good, VERY thought-provoking book. I like this author a lot. I enjoy how he writes and how presents things in his books.
We all have burdens we carry around with us. As Christians, we are to give these burdens to the Lord. And anyone who has tried doing this, knows that is is so much easier said than done.
But, what if we took a clue from King David and apply the words he penned in Psalm 23, during a particularly trying time in his life? What if, we let God be our shepherd? Wha...more
Papa's favorite verse was Psalm 23. That's everyone's favorite verse! I read this book to find out what the big deal is and I took much insight from it. Lucado breaks the psalm down stanza by stanza. Papa knew what the verse is all about, and I had to have a whole book to explain it to me. I gave Grama a copy of the book the first Christmas without him. I think the cover art is ugly, but it reminds me of the journey that Grace Coggio talked about in one of my first classes with her. There's a lo...more
A friend of mine gave me this book and I passed it onto a friend who is very ill, who is not a Christian, but I felt that whatever your faith, this is a book that can really encourage and give hope!! It takes you through psalm 23 and draws us the Charactor of Jesus, the Good Shepherd feeding, leading and guilding our path, even in the darkest times. Our Father wants to carry our load, and there were lots of good real life stories to illustrate the baggage we all pick up every day, and how it rea...more
In this book, Max Lucado breaks down Psalm 23 verse by verse. He then analyzes the verses from the point of view of how the Lord will take care of us and that we need to carry less baggage with us. It is a very uplifting and enlightening book. I would definitely recommend it as a to read book. It is a very quick read, also, and has about a 50 page Bible study guide at the end of the book, too. Lucado makes a lot of sense in this book. It is hard to question him or his conclusions. Read the book...more
Oh! What a thoughtful book of meditations on the 23rd Psalm. And there's a study guide too!
Gentle and thoughtfully written the book reminds us that we are travelers and will not be taking anything material with us when we go home. Priorities related to life in this world often have us bearing burdens (carrying luggage) that we were never supposed to!
Get this book and a highlighter. You're going to want one.
Highly recommended.
Gentle and thoughtfully written the book reminds us that we are travelers and will not be taking anything material with us when we go home. Priorities related to life in this world often have us bearing burdens (carrying luggage) that we were never supposed to!
Get this book and a highlighter. You're going to want one.
Highly recommended.
Such a beautiful and awe inspiring book. I read this in my bible study group with a great bunch of ladies. It seemed that whevever we were on a chapter it spoke directly to someone.
Max has a way of guiding our lives through teaching lessons of the bible in "today's society". His kindness and thoughtfulness shows through in all his words and stories.
At the end I now know how to leave certain burdens I have been carrying at the door.
Max has a way of guiding our lives through teaching lessons of the bible in "today's society". His kindness and thoughtfulness shows through in all his words and stories.
At the end I now know how to leave certain burdens I have been carrying at the door.
I enjoyed this book even more than the other two books I've read of Lucado's, He Still Moves Stones and Cast of Characters. In this one, he takes the well-known 23rd Psalm and dissects each verse. Then he illustrates why we're to give our burdens (worry,guilt,weariness,etc.)to God to carry for us. Not only was it an excellent book for reminder lessons (like advice to "ponder your success and count your money in a cemetary") but I learned new lessons as well (like how much God really hates arroga...more
I used this book as a devotional while working at a Christian Retreat center one summer in college. God used it to grow closer to Him, while letting go of the burden I had been carrying for a very long time. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is feeling downtrodden, heavy hearted and in need for God to be their "Good Shepherd." It is based upon the passage of scripture of Psalm 23.
The 23rd Psalm is a psalm of promise
Max tells the things we carry; the suitcase of guilt , the trunk of discontent, the backpack of anxiety, and a hanging bag of grief, a briefcase of perfectionsm…
He gives examples we can relate to and how we try to deal with our problems on our own.
We can release the burdens we were never meant bear and let our shepherd give us rest.
5+++ stars
Max tells the things we carry; the suitcase of guilt , the trunk of discontent, the backpack of anxiety, and a hanging bag of grief, a briefcase of perfectionsm…
He gives examples we can relate to and how we try to deal with our problems on our own.
We can release the burdens we were never meant bear and let our shepherd give us rest.
5+++ stars
i love this book! reminds me again and again the awesome character of the great I AM, to whom I have put my complete confidence. He is unchangeable! He is unstoppable! He never cease to show His goodness and mercy to me eventho sometimes I tend to forget it. I should start memorizing Psalm 23 again(:
Very Inspirational. We are carrying around with us mentally so many things that are not ours, things that shouldn't burden us or make us weak and wear us down, put it down, if U dont know how this book explains that you can put it down at the altar or hand it over 2 Lord Jesus and let it Go. Free yourself. Amen.
This book gives a whole new light to the 23rd Psalm. I always associated it with funerals and death but it is so much more relevant to our every day lives than that. Now whenever I am struggling with ANYTHING, I think of the 23rd Psalm and it comforts me. <
If you ever find yourself in need of just good, old-fashioned encouragement, pick up a Max Lucado book. His writing is so simple and endearing and yet is so incredibly deep and philosophical. I love how Max can convey huge theological truths in every-day language. He doesn't feel the need to dazzle you with the breadth of his vocabulary, and yet paints word pictures that are breathtaking.
This book is a lovely study of Psalm 23. Definitely worth a read if you're feeling overwhelmed and overburde...more
This book is a lovely study of Psalm 23. Definitely worth a read if you're feeling overwhelmed and overburde...more
Aug 09, 2010
Sandra
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This book will discussing traveling and how we all can learn something new from the 23rd Psalm. It have become almost a yearly reading for me, as I really enjoy this book.
This was my first Max Lucado book and I am glad someone referred me to this book.
This was my first Max Lucado book and I am glad someone referred me to this book.
My husband and I did this as a devotional together. It is based on the Twenty Third Psalm. Chapters were brief and questions for discussion in the back. Gave us some great dialogue together and a deeper understanding of this portion of Scripture.
Max takes Psalm 23 and uses each verse for a chapter to review a burden we were never intended to carry. Good, basic reminders of what we were meant, and not meant, to focus on. Not quite as rhythmic as his other works, it seems to me.
Lucado writes a concise, easy-to-read, book that helps the reader unburden the baggage accumulated in life. The book was definitely worth the time that it took to read. Based on scripture, it is a book that I will return to as needed.
I felt the overall message of this book to be uplifting, well-thought-out and easy to comprehend; however, I must admit that the writing itself didn't impress me. Some times I found it to be choppy, others to be condescending, and even somewhat irrelevant... but perhaps this is because I'm a woman who appreciates but doesn't worship (pardon my choice of words) sports.
But the bottom line is, this was a decent book and I would recommend it to anyone who feels stressed, overwhelmed, or hopeless.
But the bottom line is, this was a decent book and I would recommend it to anyone who feels stressed, overwhelmed, or hopeless.
Sep 21, 2009
Carol Nain
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Karen
I love Max Lucado's approach to life and solutions for our daily problems.I will read it again because now I felt inclined to get the Traveling Light Journal to accompany my next sit down, so I can get even more good solutions next time.
Light and uplifting. I had a few doctrinal quarrels but that's OK, we belong to different branches of Christianity. A good pick-me-up and reminder of things I should be keeping in my thoughts more often.
Aug 23, 2012
Chris Weaver
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Lucado writes with refreshing analogies. Some things I've heard before, but when he writes them, he paints pictures that I remember vividly. It's nice to be reminded to leave the baggage behind.
book was kind of a 3.5 stars i liked it but i felt like his writing was weaker than in other books i have read by him and the short chapters and repetitive over elaborations really get old after a bit. over all a good book and quite a few chapters really make you think. worth the read but easily can be read with another book along side.
I have actualy never read anything by Max Lucado before but I am sorry I waited so long. This was a quick read but stayed with me. Very inspirational and helped me overcome some struggles.
Good breakdown of Psalm 23. When you're weighed down by daily business and things that are stressing you out, you need to go back to the basics. This book is a good reminder of that.
The best book I've read for letting go of the thoughts that are holding me back. Uses Psalm 23 as the basis, explains each part of the psalm and shows how it relates to our lives today.
I have been reading this on and off for awhile. I like it and I enjoy reading it here and there. It is not something I am reading and can't put down but it is still readable.
The Lord is my Shepherd. If you asked me what is my take away from this book - it would be that the five fingers on my one hand stands for "the Lord is my Shepherd". The simplicity of the book evoke lightness in my heart. I always believe in God trying to lead me to His pasture and this was furhter reinforced by Max Lucado's deep and very profound sharing. I agree that I am overweight. Overweight with so much burden that I am not meant to carry. I always have this book on my work table, to remin...more
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Max Lucado has touched millions with his signature storytelling writing style. Awards and accolades follow Max with each book he writes. Max is the first author to win the Gold Medallion Christian Book of the Year three times—1999 for Just Like Jesus, 1997 for In the Grip of Grace and 1995 for When God Whispers Your Name. In 2005, Reader’s Digest dubbed him “America’s Best Preacher.” In addition,...more
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