A burden may be a heavy load for you to carry, too heavy for your mind to understand, and too heavy for your emotions to process. Your burden can rob you of energy and take your emotions captive. Your burden can open the way for discouragement and depression.
You may ask, what can I do with my burden? Most importantly, recognize you need help. Your burden is a reminder that you need someone who will listen and someone who cares. That someone is God. You need to take your burden to God in prayer. Pour your heart out to Him. He cares about you. Ask for God's help. He will help you, because He loves you.
God brings other people into our lives to support and care for us. Who is the person you trust to share your burden? It may be a spouse, a family member, or a friend. You need to talk. That trusted person loves you enough to listen. Your burden means you need a prayer partner. You need that special person to help you bear the burden.
Your burden is a reminder that others with burdens need you. Someone needs you to listen. Someone needs you as a prayer partner. Someone needs you to be trustworthy and faithful. God can use you to help and encourage that person. Your burden may grow lighter as you help someone else. "Share each other's troubles and problems, and in this way obey the law of Christ" (Galatians 6:2, NLT).
