Need a Helping Hand?

[Judy for Jesus]

Need a Helping Hand?
By: Maxine M.

Day’s ending but do you somehow find it hard to unwind?
Do the ups & downs of daily life seem an unbearable grind?
The problems & condition of the entire world laying as a burden on your mind?

An invisible “heavy cross”, YOU must somehow carry alone
Others seem happy & carefree…don’t struggle with this burden you own
Do they have a secret formula the rest of us haven’t been shown?

But the reality is we ALL have a cross, just to a different degree
Jesus said, “Take up YOUR cross & come follow me”
And our cross isn’t MORE than we can carry…so don’t just drop it and flee

So what cross must YOU bear? It can change day by day, week to week
What is the distress, annoyance, grievance...for which, “RELIEF” you seek
What keeps you awake at night…what makes the future look so bleek

Is divorce looming? Irreconcilable differences…relationship broken beyond repair
Was all your love, time and effort wasted? It all seems so unfair
In shock, hurt, grief…for a future alone, how can one prepare?

Often a cross comes in the form of “health issues” we’re forced to face
Bringing unanswered questions…fear, doubt, anxiety fills our inner-space
How, with a cross on our back, can we effectively run life’s race

The cross of “loss” comes to EVERYONE regardless race, gender or size
Loss of home, loss of jobs, loss of friendship, loss of ability, which youth denies
Loss through death can only be restored when the “dead in Christ” arise

All children are special, given by God so our lives are blest
But there are TIMES when, our reserve of strength, they TRY & TEST
Every parent REMEMBERS a time of “cross bearing” before they left the nest

Some struggle with a “financial” cross, while others enjoy comfort and ease
Fame, fortune & wealth come to some like an unexpected summer’s breeze
Even while other’s hard work, dedication, loyalty…at success, only tease

Just what CAN my child watch on TV that’s appropriately clean?
Does your mind wrestle to comprehend the current economic & political scene?
America’s future is in turmoil…what will this important election mean?

With prices of gas, food, medicine the highest they’ve ever been
Unstable nations scrambling for nuclear power…to dominate other men
Elected leaders confessing to perversion & sexual sin

Fraud & corruption invade corporate boardrooms every day
Complacency & apathy alive in our churches as prophecy said would be the way
A LOVED one has gone off to war…have we all forgotten how to pray?

Now we know Jesus Himself staggered under the HEAVY CROSS He was expected to bear
Simon of Cyrene was ORDERED to “HELP”…what a PRIVILEGE he would share
We too can “help carry” another’s cross, by lifting their burden in prayer

Or by being a listening ear when others want & need to “unload”
By giving Godly advice…prevent them from traveling the wrong road
Remind them how the loving Saviour paid the debt WE all owed

For any heavy burden is LIGHTER when someone picks up the other end
The weight is then balanced between you, a loved one or friend
“I’ll help carry YOUR cross”…the message Jesus would send

So if you need a “HELPING HAND” with whatever cross you carry today
Don’t turn to lady luck, the horoscope or Oprah’s new philosophical way
Turn to family and a few TRUE friends…TRUST the all powerful Sovereign GOD, to Whom we all can PRAY