Burdens

“In the religious world, those who refuse to take burdens upon them are of comparatively little use. Their chief anxiety is to be fed; and they become in time so fastidious that they reject both the milk and the meat of the Gospel, and demand sweetmeats that spoil the appetite and ruin the health. They are vacillating and unsteady. They seldom hold out. They are driven to and fro by every wind of doctrine and cunning craftiness of men, whereby they lie in wait to deceive. They will try church after church in its turn, but no church benefits them, and they do harm wherever they go. They generally end by turning away from the truth, and turning to fables.

Then do not be afraid of burdens that God in His providence would lay upon you. It will, in the long run, be much easier to bear them than to shirk them. By taking them cheerfully for Jesus’ sake, and doing the best you can, you will benefit yourself as much as you do others.”
~B. T. Roberts