You are such a burden to me–and that is exactly what I need.  I need your burden to take my focus off of me.  I need your burden to give my life purpose beyond myself.  I need your burden to allow Christ to work through me.  I need your burden to demonstrate the compassion of our God.  I need your burden.  And you need mine.  This is part of the genius of the Church.  Is it messy?  Yes.  Is it inconvenient and draining.  Yes.  But it is exactly what I need.  Thanks for sharing your burden with me.

Galatians 6:2 (NIV)
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Here is the rest of today’s Bible reading:  Isaiah 36:1-37:38; Galatians 6:1-18; Psalm 65:1-13; Proverbs 23:24.