Burdens? What Burdens?

What burdens you? We have family cares and worries, jobs, health issues, heavy responsibilities, even bad habits and besetting sin that weigh us down.  One of the interesting things about the Christian life is what the Bible has to say about burdens.  We are to cast all of our burdens on Him, because He cares for us (I Peter 5:7).  If we are heavy-laden, Jesus tells us to come to Him and we’ll find rest because His yoke is easy and His burden is light (Matthew 11:28-30). He wants to carry our load for us.  We are told not to worry, but to pray, and He will give us peace (Philippians 4:6-7).  And of course, Hebrews 12:1-2 reminds us that we are to lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us so that we can run the race, unencumbered.  Sounds like God wants us free of any burdens that could overwhelm us and slow our progress.

Oops!  Not all burdens!  There is a burden we are to carry.  Galatians 6:1-2 reminds us of our responsibility toward others, to remind and restore those who do carry burdens.  And then?  “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” As Christian women, and in ministry, we need to be obedient in giving Him our burdens  so we are able to help our sisters with their burdens.