Heart Rock Hills Blog

March 10, 2024

Good Morning- Are we burden bearers or burden broadcast systems? We don't always feel we can share our deepest struggles with anyone, it can be hard to know who to trust. Some things need to stay between us and our Lord Jesus, but there are times we need someone to walk with us and help us bear the load. Sadly, there are far too many folks out there that use our struggles as opportunities to gossip and tear us down. Maybe they don't like us or maybe they are weak in their own security and use the struggles of others to make themselves look and feel better. The problem with that tactic is it never really works and then you have the added burden of being a gossip to toss onto the heap of your own struggles. Whether you like the person or not broadcasting someone's problems to exalt yourself for a moment is only a sign of weakness and sin. We are the body of Christ, those who have made him Lord and savior, and we have to choose to become that safe place for each other - we have to learn to see the struggles others have as opportunities to HELP them, FIGHT with and for them, and CHEER them on to victory as we water them with the word of God and prayer.

Which are YOU?? Are you a burden bearer or a burden broadcast system? Can you protect those who have entrusted you? Are you trust worthy? We are called to bear one another's burdens - not to broadcast them. We may share with an individual or a small group - either way, we have to grow and mature spiritually and realize that Sharing isn't always caring. We need to learn to treat one another well if we really want to see others overcome hurts, struggles, addictions, strongholds, and the like. We are called to lift each other up, to help shoulder the weight of life and the circumstances we find ourselves in. Are we really ready and willing to roll up our sleeves and help each other carry the weight or are we simply adding to the pile? Are we ready to ask ourselves the hard questions and be raw and honest with ourselves? Are we burden bearers or a burden broadcast systems? (Romans 12:5) we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. We are to bear each other's burdens, so that there is more than one shoulder under the weight of life. We are strengthened by one another and are able to bear up under the weight of the suffering in this world.

Galatians 6:1-10 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the las of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. For each will have to bear his own load.

James 5:16 - Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

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Praying you have a blessed day!!

Cassandra Lee 💗