For
many people, life's burdens are very heavy. There are fathers of large
families who sometimes find their load almost more than they can bear,
in their efforts to provide for those who are dear to them. There are
mothers who, under their burdens of household care, at times feel
themselves bowed down, and scarcely able longer to go on. In all
places of responsibility, where men are called to stand, the load many
times grows very heavy, and stalwart forms bend under it. This world's
work is hard for most of us. Life is not play to any who take it
earnestly.
And many persons yield to the weight of a duty, and let themselves be
bent down under it. We see men bowing under their load, until their
very body grows crooked, and they can look only downward. We see them
become prematurely old. The light goes out of their eyes; the
freshness fades out of their cheeks; the sweetness leaves their spirit.
Few things in life are sadder than the way some people let themselves
be bent down by their load of duty or care. There really is no reason
why this should be so. God never puts any greater burden upon us than
we are able to bear, with the help he is ready to give. Christ stands
ever close beside us, willing to carry the heaviest end of every load
that is laid upon us.
Men never break down so long as they keep a happy, joyous heart. It is
the sad heart that tires.
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