Overloaded?

Elder Austin had never had dinner in quite this way before, and as Kyle and Cristi were still here, we thought it was a good idea to set it all up. It was New Year after all.

We got everything organised, with two grills on the table, meat, sauces, breads, plates, cutlery, glasses, extension cables etc.

Then we plugged in the grills.

Suddenly, the house was in darkness.

We’d blown a fuse!

A trip to the fuse box, showed that the circuit was broken, and the switch had tripped.

I tried to reset it, but it wouldn’t reset.

The two grills were plugged into one socket. Hmm, “too overloaded” we thought.

We then put the grills into separate sockets and tried to reset the switch.

This time it worked, the lights came back on, and we had a lovely evening of gourmet together.

𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒅?

In a similar manner, sometimes, when circumstances in our life demand more of us than we feel we can give, we can feel overloaded.

Just like the fuse box in our homes however, we also have some built in safety factors in our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual state that help us to ensure that we don’t overload.

Each of us have more built-in strength than we suppose.

Frequently, we must slow down, reappraise, readjust, rewire and consider what really matters most.

In that regard, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf said, a person’s relationship with God is most sacred and vital. “As we seek Him, as we learn of His son Jesus Christ, as we open our hearts to the influence of the Holy Ghost, our lives become more stable and secure.”

I know that it is through coming unto Christ, that will bring you peace, stability, security and He will become the source of an uninterruptible source of constant power in your life.

What switch do you need to flick?