Burdens
Give Us Wings. An old legend says that long ago God had a great many burdens
that He wished to have carried from one place to another on earth, so He asked
the animals to lend a hand. All of them began to make excuses for not helping:
the elephant was too digni fi ed; the lion too proud; and so on.
Finally the birds came and said, “If you will tie them into small bundles,
we’ll carry them for you. We are small but we would like to help.” So God
fastened upon the back of each a small bundle, and they all set out walking
across the plain to their destination. They sang as they went, and did not seem
to feel the weight of their burdens at all. Every day the burdens seemed
lighter and lighter, until the loads seemed to be lifting the birds, instead of
the birds carrying the burdens. When they arrived at their destination, they
discovered when they removed their load; there were wings in their place, wings
which enabled them to fl y to the sky and the treetops. They
had learned how to carry their burdens, and their loads had become wings to
carry them nearer to God. The burdens we carry for others may become wings of
the spirit, to lift us into happiness. —Author Unknown
“My
yoke is easy and my burden is light”
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so ful fi l
the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2.
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