Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2)
one thing that i have been learning from being in a relationship is the act of sharing pieces of my life with another person. its relatively easy for me to share my joy with others, as you might know, i love to tell funny and embarrassing stories and laugh my head off. i have quite a difficult time trying to share my burdens and problems with others. God has been putting me in situations where i have to share and talk about the burdens with jeff. i think the most shocking thing to me is the fact that im becoming a burden to him. it is undeniable that i have become a burden to him. it is unavoidable that he knows about my personal burdens and problems with family and friends. it is uncontrollable that he had to deal with them from time to time. it hit me quite hard when i realize that i have become the last thing i want to be, a burden for others.
people who know me knows about my personality -- i like to do things on my own, completing tasks by myself, finishing things off before people even get to know about it. i would rather do more for others than to have others worry for me. at the end of the day, its all about me. it is so easy to be able to say, "im capable in accomplishing many things" and not really have to rely on anyone, including God. through jeff, God is showing how incapable i am, how powerless i am, and how much i need God.
the persistence and consistency that jeff put up with me thus far reveals a glimpse of how far Christ has gone out of His way to reach to sinners like me who are stubborn with harden hearts, especially through a day of emotional roller coaster rides. and God is always working. as i read Galatians 6 the next day for my QT, this verse just stands out to me. i never thought that bearing burdens for one another is a way to fulfill the law of Christ, more so, letting others to bear my burdens as i bear their burdens. it is a way of acknowledging the fact that we cannot live on our own, that we are weak and powerless on our own. it is a way of fulfilling Jesus's command on "love your neighbor as yourself" because you would only bear others' burdens when you love them, and you can only bear those burdens when you truly love them. and as we bear each other's burdens, we can understand more clearly the burdens that Christ has bore on our behaves, the weight of our sins, the justice of God, the patience that He has shown towards us, the grace that He has freely given to us, and the love that costed to be nailed on the cross.
how much less burdensome are the burdens that we have compare to what Jesus has bore.
