“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal 6:2).
Once Sadhu Sundar Singh was walking with a monk through a valley of the Himalayas. The monk wanted Sundar Singh to walk fast as snow was falling and they had to reach their destination before dark. As they were hurrying along, they heard a pathetic cry. It was a poor man who had fallen down and injured himself. Sundar Singh wanted to go and help him, but the monk said that if they tried to help him, they would not be able to cross the snow before darkness set in. The Sadhu could not bear to leave the man there to die. “Maybe the Lord has brought me this way just to help that brother.” He thought and went over to the man. The monk didn’t wait; he walked on by himself. The Sadhu found that the man could not walk. So he made a sling with his blanket and carried the man on his back. Carrying the burden of a helpless man and walking up the hill was extremely difficult. However, Sundar Singh continued trudging along. Finally he could see the light of a monastery a short distance away. As he continued to walk on carrying the man, suddenly he spied a huge bundle covered with snow lying on the way. On inspection, he found, to his horror, the body of the monk who had accompanied him!
The heat from the body of the poor man had given warmth to the Sadhu and prevented him from freezing to death in the cold. The helpless man whom the Sadhu carried, in turn got heat from the Sadhu’s body and he too survived.
How true it is that sharing the burdens if others gives us and others new life!
Christian life is essentially a selfless life – one of bearing not only the burdens and cares of others but also their weaknesses and iniquities! Let us take a look at our lives and see how far we have fulfilled the expectation of the Lord.
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
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