Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

We’re all weighed down by loads we were never intended to carry. With New York Times bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado as your guide, Traveling Light invites you to release some of those heavy burdens and experience true rest.

We’ve all seen weary travelers—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 can all be people like that—if not with our physical luggage, then at least with our spiritual load of guilt, discontentment, doubt, or loneliness.

Centered around the comforting, uplifting words of Psalm 23, Traveling Light will give you the encouragement and the tools you need to release the burdens of:

Self-relianceArroganceHopelessnessDisappointmentShame

There are certain weights in life that we simply aren’t designed to carry, and Max reminds us that the Lord is asking you to set them down and trust him. He is the father at the baggage claim. When a dad sees his five-year-old son trying to drag the family trunk off the carousel, what does he say? The father will say to his son what God is saying to you.

“Set it down, child. I’ll carry that one.”

What if we took God up on his offer? We just might find ourselves traveling a little lighter.

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Max Lucado is a pastor, speaker, and bestselling author who, in his own words, “writes books for people who don’t read books.” He serves the people of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, and his message is for the hurting, the guilty, the lonely, and the discouraged: God loves you; let him.

Filled with Gospel-centered teaching and heartwarming storytelling, Max’s books will help you find hope for all seasons of life.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas Nelson
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 18, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1400240042
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1400240043
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.65 x 0.83 x 8.67 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #40,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #30 in Christian Wisdom Literature (Books) #66 in Christian Death & Grief #79 in Old Testament Meditations
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