Twenty some years ago I built some shelves around
the top of my machine shed. I used 2 x
4's and bolted them to the metal trusses.
I needed extra storage for the kid's sports stuff (and I didn't want to
take up floor space for it). I started
piling their bats, basketballs, batting cage net, etc. on the shelf. Over the years I kept adding more stuff
(metal rods, radial arm saw, trailer brakes, weed-eater, bed frame, scrap rags,
hydraulic motors, etc.) A few years ago I noticed the shelf had started to sag.
I added a brace post at the back. Last
month, I was working in the building when I heard a terrible crash. You guessed it. The shelf and all its contents came crashing
down.
That shelf reminded me that life can sometimes be
like that. Maybe you have felt the weight increasing as added pressures like
the loss of a job, a family member with a terminal illness, a problem at work,
income shortfalls, divorce, getting older, family issues, health issues, loss
of a close friend, or any other problems the world may heap on you.
My observation is that the shelf held its load
(problems) for many years until it finally gave way. There is no doubt in my mind that if I had
increased the number of support posts under it that it would have continued to
be useful in carrying the load. We need
to look around and see who is suffering under the weight that life is placing
on them and help support them. When
asked about the most important thing a person can do, (what is the great
commandment?) Jesus summed it up this way: “LOVE GOD & LOVE OTHERS” Mt
22:36-39
Thanks for your support!
—Alan
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