Romans 8:16-17
The Spirit himself bears witness with our
spirit that we are children of God,
and
if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ…
Every morning, we would see them. Vendors carrying their wares as they go and jump
through buses and jeepneys. People
carrying sacks or bags on their shoulder.
We want to help but we have better things to do, or so we think. Still, we see people walking down the street
with nothing to carry. Can we say that
they carry no burdens?
We see each other in church on Sunday mornings,
and we don't know what loads the other person may be carrying. They don't have armloads of firewood, but
their human spirits are hunched over from carrying heavy loads that are
invisible. Some are carrying loads of
grief, from recent losses. Some are
weighed down by financial worries, by unemployment or failing businesses. Some are facing serious illness or divorce or
children who have turned away.
We are all children of God. Bearing one another's burdens is not limited
to helping to carry the burden of sin or weakness. There are many kinds of burdens we have to
bear. That is why we pray for one
another and visit one another in times of sickness and loss. And that’s why we come alongside one another
in times of moral failure and say, “Brother, sister, I want to see you become
the healthy person Jesus intends you to be.
I can see that you’re struggling under a burden. I am a fellow struggler. How can I help you with that burden?”
So, what is your burden today? Can I share with your burden? We have a responsibility in this life to help
each other with our burdens for no Christian should ever have to carry a burden
alone.
Let us pray +
Almighty Father, You keep together those You
have united. Look kindly on all who
follow Jesus your Son. We are all
consecrated to you by our common baptism.
Teach us to bear the burden of one another, doing it through love of
You. Make us one in the fullness of
faith, and keep us one in the fellowship of love. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Our God is the God of salvation.
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