“Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. ….Take my yoke upon you and learn
of me…For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30.
John Faris tells the story of a man who was carrying a heavy basket.
His son offered to help him. The father cut a large stick and placed
it through the handle of the basket so that the end toward himself
was very short, while the end toward the boy was three or four times
as long. Each took hold of his end of the stick, and the basket was
lifted and carried easily.
The son was bearing the burden with the father. But he found his
work easy and light because his father assumed the heavier end of
the load. So it is when we live for Jesus Christ. We still have
burdens and trials of life, but Jesus carries the ‘short end of the
stick.’ When the burdens of life seem great, consider how it would
be without the Lord. He is ever walking with His children, bearing
the greatest part of the burden that our burden might be light.
