The Church Bears Each Other's Burdens

You will need other people.

I saw this quote today, and even though the first bit is a bit silly, I was reminded how hard it is to remember something like this. "You will need other people." It's so simple, but how many of us act like it's okay to do, to need other people? 

Sometimes we get so broken and so lost that we are totally disoriented. We hardly remember who we are and forget how to survive in this world. If this happens when we're young, as it did for me, we never first learn who or how. We stumble, covered in emotional mud, unable to see a way out. Then, when we do escape the mire, we aren't sure how to live, how to be 'normal.' We need help but we don't feel like it's right to ask anyone for it.

In the Church, it is our job to take the hands of others as they step from the darkness into the light. It is our responsibility and our honor to love and guide those who need it, because they do: they need it. And when we're the ones who need it, it is our responsibility and honor to be helped. 

The Church bears each other's burdens because we are all struggling at one point or another, and we say care. So let's do it. Let's be that shoulder to cry on. Let's be that late night phone call or that quiet support. Let's be that unknown prayer or that sobbing mess. We'll only be better for it.