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The more I grow in my faith, the more I realize that so much of Christianity is really about this:
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2)
Bearing one another’s burdens.
The more I grow in my faith, the more I realize that so much of Christianity is really about this:
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2)
Bearing one another’s burdens.
As we approach summer and start to dream and pray for the next year, we have realized rather than move forward with plans and ideas, God has something else in store for us….
We forget because Jesus is God that He was often tired, burdened for people’s situations and needed rest too. If the Son of God took time to care for his soul and body, why shouldn’t we?
While the “to-do list anxiety” isn’t always intense, there’s usually more on my list than any human can get done in a day. It’s as if I feel I must achieve this paltry list, crumpled and written on a grocery receipt or else…
God cares about urban decay and slum housing. Shalom invites me into genuine sacrifice, relationship, and advocacy. Shalom says my neighbors’ burdens and concerns are my own.
In response to their hopeless state, God promised the Satan-Crusher, the Family-Blesser, the Truth-telling Prophet, and the Forever-King. And those are just in the first 10 books of the Bible.
Rather than a pat-myself-on-the-back moment, this was a stoop-lower opportunity. I was acutely aware that feeding Mary or offering someone dignity through a smile or learning their name or advocating for the homeless is really not about charity or me changing the world as much as it is about obedience to the gospel.
Although we may never forget our hurts, we must choose to forgive, even when we feel that hurt creeping into our hearts yet again.
I write today for the children and mothers and wives and others who will find Father’s Day bittersweet.
I have known the reality of life and death, and seen that how we live daily will be how we’re remembered eternally. I have learned life is not so much about what you do, but who and how you love.