Galatians 6:2 reads, “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” The dictionary defines “burden” as “something carried, often too heavy to carry easily - a load of things, work, duty, financial cares, worries, sorrows”. Certainly, the scripture calls the Christian to care for the physical needs and burdens of our fellow man and brethren. Consider, for example, the story of the “Good Samaritan” or perhaps Jesus’ description in Matthew 25: 31-44 of the final judgment where the deciding factors for eternal life versus damnation revolved around how we cared for the physical needs of others…
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“Confess your trespasses to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed” (James 5:16). A seemingly simple statement that is not so simple to do. Why is it so hard to confess your sins? I can’t speak for everyone, but I can speak for myself, and I think it applies to others as well: PRIDE.
Why does pride keep me from confessing my sins? I wear a mask, metaphorically speaking. I don’t like dressing up and wearing a mask for a costume, I really don’t like wearing costumes at all. The metaphorical mask I wear is that…
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GOSSIPTOWN
(By Bobby L. Graham)
Everybody's been to Gossiptown at least once in life. Most people spend much time there, because they enjoy the amusements of the place or the company they meet there. Frequently they meet people much like themselves; and occasionally they become so astonished at what they are like when seeing others doing the same thing, that they wake up and decide to leave the place and never return again.
Gossip and all sorts of activities associated with it occupy the time of the people who live there or visit there. … -
I first met her in high school. She was older than I and exciting. She’d
“been around.” My parents warned me to have nothing to do with her, but
I kept meeting her on the sly. She was so sophisticated and worldly. It
made me feel grown up just being with her. It was fun to take her to a party
in those days.
We began seeing more of each other, after I started college. When I got a
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“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in
heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my
burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30 ESV)
I am increasingly aware of the limits that my body can sustain. Whether it
is losing control of weights in a public forum, or painfully working through
