Earlier this week our class went on a field trip to the zoo. The entire third grade went together. Our third grade and several hundred children from other schools. I had 20 children and three chaperones. We divided the children into three groups and I took seven. One of our teachers had to stay back with the children that were not going. As a result, she gave each of us three of her children.
I had three of her kids and four of mine. Of course I took care of mine but was diligent of taking care of hers. As we walked, one of her kids constantly lagged behind. Each of us had to carry our own back packs which contained water and our lunches. I cautioned him to keep up because I did not want to lose him. This was the first time I had ever seen this child since he was not mine.
We stopped several times when I realized that his Texans lunch bag was the problem. He did not have a back pack and the zipper of his lunch bag was broken. I pulled out a plastic bag and put the lunch bag in it leaving the strap out where he could carry it.
Unfortunately, that did not last long. Soon he was lagging behind again. All the other children had their hands free and were able to point, touch window displays and hold on to rails, he was not. It required both of his arms to carry the lunch bag. Finally I asked him to let me see the bag again. I discovered that he was carrying the largest bottle of Gatorade I had ever seen. He was also carrying water so I can imagine what a challenge it must have been for him to carry considering the weight.
I asked him to give me the lunch bag and asked if he wanted me to carry it in my back pack. He responded "yes" and I saw quite the transformation in that child. He was jumping, dancing, carefree and enjoying the day.
Yes, my backpack was heavier but being an adult, I could carry the weight easier and to see this child enjoy his day it was worth it.
It made me think of how big our God is. He is big enough to carry our load regardless of how heavy it might be. We choose to carry our burdens because we think we are the only ones that know how to handle it. Instead, if we just turned over to God, we would be carefree and dancing knowing that God was handling it.
Stop and think of how much our burdens weight us down. Wouldn't it be easier if we just let God carry them for us? Give your burdens to God....time to dance!
Carry each others burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the will of Christ. Galatians 6:2
Cast your cares upon the Lord and He will sustain you, He will never let the righteous fall.
Psalms 55:22
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