“Bear ye one another’s burdens , and so fulfill the law of
Christ”( Gal 6:2)
Once Sadhu Sunder Singh was
walking with a monk through a valley of the Himalayas. The monk wanted Sunder 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 and injured
himself . Sunder 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." May be the Lord brought me this way just
to help that brother ,” he thought and
went over to that 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 the helpless man and walking
up the hill was extremely difficult. However Sundar Singh continued trudging along. Finally he could see the light of
the 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,
that it was 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. 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 of others gives both us and
others new life!
Christian life is essentially a selfless life –one of bearing not
only the burdens and cares for 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.
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