“Jesus replied, ‘And you experts in the law,
woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry,
and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them’” (Luke 11:46).
Have you carried a bucket on your head?
Haitians carry buckets and pots on their head. Sometimes, they take a banana
leaf and wrap it into a circle and put it between their bucket and their head.
The load is stabilized. The girl in the blue shirt in the center of the picture
has a banana leaf under her bucket.
Maybe you have not carried a bucket on your
head before. Maybe it is too much to carry. However, as believers we can supply
help to those who are carrying the buckets. Think of it like giving them a
banana leaf. Rather than doing something that is awkward, like carrying a
bucket by yourself, maybe God is asking for you to give a “banana leaf.”
What is your banana leaf? What kicks your
passion into gear? Most likely, that’s your banana leaf. What would help
lighten the load, rather than increase burdens?
By Mollie Bond
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