"You see “God won’t give you more than you can handle” is idolatry of self-sufficiency hiding behind some nice spiritual sounding words. The truth is people are dealing with more than they can handle all over the world. That’s why we need God and why God has given us each other. As pastor I see and hear about the burdens many of you are carrying everyday…grief, working long hours in an endless job, loveless marriages, challenges with raising children and grandchildren. I think of all of our farmers who face burdens I will never experience in my life. And the temptation for all of us, even myself, is to say “Hang in there…God won’t give you more than you can handle.” My best response as a street theologian is to simply say: “BS.” ...
God won’t give you more than you can handle. Hogwash. God gives us each other. Remember the gift of being part of something greater than yourself. Come pray, sing, eat, worship, grow. There’s a reason we now say: Believe It, Live It, Come to It. The temptation in summer is to skip out on worship. Don’t. If you travel, go to a new and different church. Giving one hour back to God is pretty simple in the grand scheme of things. And when you come, you might just be surprised by who you find sitting in the pew next to you. We are church and family together." - source
