Jesus said, “…Take up your cross and follow Me.” Matthew 16:24

In J.R.R Tolkien’s classic tale, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”, Frodo Baggins has the very difficult calling of carrying a “Ring” filled with awesome power to its destruction. In a final climb up a mountain, just at a moment when the burden is almost to great for Frodo to bear, Samwise Gamgee, his friend, says to him,

“I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.”

When Christ says to us, “Take up your cross and follow me,” He knows there are callings, and dreams, and burdens we have to carry in this life, but over and over again in scripture, God says, “I will carry you.” When the load gets too heavy, hand it to the Lord. You are not alone. Let Him carry you.