"Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of
Christ."--Gal. vi. 2.


Perhaps you never thought that any one around you had any! Then if you
want to fulfill this law of Christ, the first thing will be to find out
who has any burdens, and which of them you could bear instead. You will
not have to watch long! There are very few without any. Little backs can
not bear great burdens, but sometimes those who have great burdens have
little ones too, and it makes such a difference if some loving little hand
will take one or two of these. If your mother was carrying a great heavy
parcel, would it not help her if you took two or three little ones out of
her hand and carried them for her? So perhaps she has troubles that you do
not even know about, and you see she looks tired and anxious. And it tires
her a little more, because a little brother or sister wants to be nursed
or amused. Now if you put your own affairs by, and call the little ones
away, and amuse them quietly so that mamma may not be disturbed, this is
bearing one of her burdens. Never mind if it is really a little burden to
you too; is it not worth it, when it is fulfilling the law of Christ? If
for a moment a burden that you have taken up does seem rather hard, and
you are tempted to drop it again, think of what the Lord Jesus bore for
you! Think how He took up the heaviest burden of all for you, when He "His
own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree!" He did not drop that
burden, but bore it till He died under it. Think of that, and it will be
easy then to bear something for His sake.

Now be on the watch all to-day for little burdens to bear for others. See
how many you can find out, and pick up, and carry away! Depend upon it,