The Weight of the World

"Please, don't tell me anymore,

There's a weight in your eyes, and it weighs on my heart"

Galations 6:2 talks about sharing one anothers burdens. I guess there is a reason they call it a burden, because as the Flyleaf lyrics above show, it is quite heavy. Listening to someone that is sharing their burden is not always easy. My heart breaks for people as they tell me what is going on. While this isn't easy, I love listening to people. I want people to feel safe telling me what is going on. In my last blog I talked about that moment when you start to feel someone let you in, well I also think there is a moment when someone starts to realize they can trust you with more important things. For some, that moment is easier to get to then others. I have some friends, students, and family that just dump when they see me. Others it takes quite a bit to get them to open up. When I was younger, I didn't feel like I could tell anyone what was going on. I bottled things up. Now, I tend to be a dumper I guess. Given the right people, I don't really hold things in. I just feel so much better once I've talked to someone about it. I am thankful for my mentor that lets me come over and spill my heart all the time. There have been times when someone spills and tells me things that I feel weighed down with just because I am hurting for them. That is a weird thing to me, how it is almost a literal sharing of a burden. I am thankful for that aspect of Christianity though. I know a lot of people that bottle everything up and are just miserable. Thank You for fellowship, Father.