几年前我在加州一个教会服事期间，曾为离婚人士举办过一个开放论坛。一位离婚女士说：“在我最需要教会的时候，它没有给我任何支持”。最近，一家教会杂志引用一位重罪犯人的话说：“在我最有需要的时刻，我的教会家人抛弃了我。”
我们很容易与那些担重担的人们擦肩而过——有时是因为我们不了解别人，而有时是因为我们不想被人打扰。尽管如此，感谢神，依然有许多教会的信徒以替别人担重担为己任。有些人会特意邀请无家可归的人共进晚餐。有些人忠心地为他们所认识的正在经历困境的人们祷告，有人会寄去卡片，让对方知道有人惦记着他们。还有人坚持打电话给那些无法出门的人。我认识的一位奶农送给一位教会会友10头奶牛，帮助他的正在经历困境的奶牛场生意。
根据加拉太书6:2，这才是事情应有的样子。我们的重担应该互相担当。你在教会的时候，看一看周围谁可能需要你的帮助。翻翻你的教会成员册，给某个担重担的人寄张卡片，或为他祷告。你可以接触那些在你本地社群的人，不断藉着彰显基督的爱来实践祂的律法。
主啊，请开启我的眼睛，看见他人的重担，打开我们的心，尽我们所能地伸出援手。奉耶稣的名，阿们。
加拉太书 6:1-6
1弟兄们，若有人偶然被过犯所胜，你们属灵的人就当用温柔的心把他挽回过来；又当自己小心，恐怕也被引诱。
2你们各人的重担要互相担当，如此就完全了基督的律法。
3人若无有，自己还以为有，就是自欺了。
4各人应当察验自己的行为，这样，他所夸的就专在自己，不在别人了；
5因为各人必担当自己的担子。
6在道理上受教的，当把一切需用的供给施教的人。
"Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." - Galatians 6:2
Several years ago, while serving a church in California, we held an open forum for divorced people. One divorced woman said, “When I needed the church the most, it was not there for me.” More recently, a church magazine quoted a prisoner convicted of a serious crime as saying, “In my moment of greatest need, my church family abandoned me.”
It’s easy to walk right past people who are burdened—sometimes because we don’t know, and other times because we don’t want to be bothered. Thank God, though, that there are many church members who make it their business to carry the burdens of others. Some go out of their way to invite someone for dinner who has no family. Others faithfully pray for people they know who are dealing with hardships, and some send a card to let people know that someone is thinking about them. Still others faithfully call on people who can’t get out. One dairy farmer I know sent 10 cows to a fellow church member whose dairy farm was struggling.
And that, according to Galatians 6:2, is the way things should be. We are to carry one another’s burdens. When you find yourself in church, take a look around and try to see who might need you. Go through your church directory, and send a card to or pray for someone who is carrying a heavy load. Reach out to people in your local community also. And keep fulfilling the law of Christ by showing his love.
Lord, open our eyes to see the burdens of others, and open our hearts to reach out in whatever ways we can. For Jesus’ sake, Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
