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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Will You Help Carry the Burden of Another?

Mr. Alter's fifth-grade class at Lake Elementary School in Oceanside, California, included fourteen boys who had no hair. Only one, however, had no choice in the matter. Ian O'Gorman, undergoing chemotherapy for lymphoma, faced the prospect of having his hair fall out in clumps. So he had his head shaved. But then 13 of his classmates shaved their heads, so Ian wouldn't feel out of place. "If everybody has his head shaved, sometimes people don't know who's who," said 11-year-old Scott Sebelius in an Associated Press story (March 1994). "They don't know who has cancer, and who just shaved their head." Ten-year-old Kyle Hanslik started it all. He talked to some other boys, and before long they all trekked to the barber shop.


"The last thing he would want is to not fit in," said Kyle. "We just wanted to make him feel better." Ian's father, Shawn, choked back tears as he talked about what the boys had done. He said simply, "It's hard to put words to."


What a great example by these young kids. Let’s find a way we can help somebody vary their burden today.


Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.


- Galatians 6:2 (New International Version)






Dear Lord we pray that we will be the one to help carry the burden for somebody today. In Jesus’ name, Amen

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