Burden bearing

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. - Galatians 6.2

As I walk around am out and about I always try to be aware of folks who are struggling with a burden of some sort. It might be a guy trying to push his car out of the road or a mother trying to get her pram in the shop door or a workman who just needs an extra hand for just a second. I can’t help it. It was just the way I was raised. If you seem someone who needs help and you can give it – you just do it. 

That is something that is easy to do if we stay aware and keep our eyes open to the needs and loads and burdens of others. You get trained early and you just do it. It is a good way to show our love for those around us. 

But what is harder to see is those who are carrying emotional or spiritual or their own private loads. We can't always see these as easily as when one struggles with a physical load. That doesn't mean that the load is any less real or any less heavy. 

One of the key elements of 'fulfilling the law of Christ' is to be aware of the burdens of others and try to help carry that load. It is sad that so much of there church are carrying around loads of worry and care and despair. Sure, they ought to 'cast all their cares on Jesus because he cares for them' but I know myself that that is not always easy to do. Sometimes we all just need someone to come along and day 'let me help you with that.' 

Let's keep our eyes and hearts own for those who are carrying a load today and then do what we can do to help, even if it only means that we know and care and are there for them.