When something heavy needed to be moved in our home when I was younger, I was the child that was called upon to help. I had an older brother but he never quite seemed to be around when these things needed to be done. I became quite good at moving television consoles, couches, dressers and anything else that was more than a one person job. I learned how to move most things on my own even, if I needed to do so. Where there is a will, there is a way.
Heavy physical burdens are quite familiar to me. I know what it feels like to be weighed down and to be so overwhelmed with weight that I have found it difficult to move at times. One of my favorite things to do is to float in a pool. The feeling of being weightless is sheer joy!
The physical weights we carry are easy compared to the other burdens that life places upon us. All of us encounter times of trouble that drive us to our knees. In the last several years, two of my closest friends have had to endure the death of a child. I can't even begin to imagine how difficult that has been for them. As a mother myself, I can think of nothing worse. Carrying that grief was crushing for them. They made it through by crying out to the Lord and understanding that they were not alone to bear the sadness alone. He was with them in the valley they had to traverse.
Today's verse refers to a yoke, which is a crosspiece that is laid across the shoulders of two animals to lighten a load for each of them. We are not meant to bear the burdens of life alone. Galatians 6:2 tells us to, "Share each other's burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ." We are to come together to help each other. When we do not have the strength to continue on our own, we need to be able to reach out to those around us.
Psalm 55:22 tells us, "Give your burdens to the Lord, and He will take care of you. He will not permit the Godly to slip and fall." We have been created by a loving and caring Creator. He never desired for us to feel alone. He wants to be actively involved in our lives. He cares about everything we encounter. When we are weighed down, He will be there to lighten the load, to walk with us and to support us. He can bring healing to the deep wounds that the pain of this life brings. And He reminds us that a time is coming when we will be free of that pain for eternity.
What are you carrying today that is weighing you down? Illness? Financial problems? Wayward children? Whatever it is, ask Him to help you through it. He is faithful and true and will make a way where there seems to be no way. He adores you and is delighted when you turn to Him. God bless.
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