Burdens

It’s only Wednesday and I have been to the Emergency room twice this week for myself.

Strep ✅

Pneumonia ✅

Ruptured Ovarian Cyst + multiple intact cysts on each ovary ✅

Pneumonia induced swollen lymphatic system (cause everyone to this you have appendicitis)✅

So it’s not an understatement when I say I’m pretty sick and I’m pain this week.

First trip to the ER I did alone, todays trip I drove myself up there but I was in go much pain that they needed to give me strong pain meds I wouldn’t be able to drive myself home.

Rickie to the rescue. He came and sat in the ER with me, got my loaded in his car, pulled over for me to puke (several times 😞) on the way home, and picked up my prescriptions.

No where is he required to do ANY of this. Yet he did. And I’m sure he would again if I need him to.

He helps me carry my burdens. Which sounds weird when you are talking about sickness but that is still a burden.

In the Bible it says “Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”– Galatians 6:2

God calls us to carry one another’s burdens

Now does that mean you should sit in the ER with everyone you know?

Probably not

But that’s doesn’t mean you can’t check in in the people you know, take dinners to people, adopts families during the holidays, operation Christmas child, offering, paying for someone meal in the drive thru, donating to a cause, send encouragement, ask people how you can pray for them, and so many more ways.

All of these help carry someone’s burden, because you never know what someone is going through that day or that season

Which also makes this the perfect time of year to start with it being the Christmas season!

So I challenge you give it a “trial run”.

There are 10 days until Christmas (not counting today since it’s 8:30pm)

Find a way everyday for the next 10 days to try to carry someone’s burden

Bonus points if each day is different 😉