Carrying Burdens

CARRYING BURDENS Some people carry their burdens With sadness and utter despair, You really don’t want to be near them For they make you miserable there. They think there is no other person As burdened so heavy as they, And so when you see they are coming, You try to stay out of their way. Then others are so heavy ladened You wonder how they can be glad. They never show it in their faces That things have been making them sad. I think that I know just the reason Why people like that can behave: They know that the Saviour is with them For by His grace they have been saved. They know that He truly has promised He’s with them in all their distress, And so they look past all the problems And think of the way they are blessed. May folks see that in YOU, my dear sister, Though burdened by so much you are, May your faith seem to glow with His presence Just like light from a bright shiny star. And like others I know who are suffering And showing their faith strong and true, May they that you know see God’s presence And that He is so helping you. I pray now as you think of that loved one Who passed on to heaven’s fair shore That while you may carry that burden, Your faith will shine oh, so much more! I need people like you here to show ME That God can help in MY distress, And through trials of life I encounter I can look to Him, say, “I am blessed!” --Dedicated to Linda Nichols