Tagged: Isaiah 40:5

We do not have to carry our burdens alone. The Lord lifts up all who are bent over (Psalm 146:8, NET). The women of the Kikuyu tribe in Kenya make their way slowly down the sun-dried path, bent beneath loads equal to 70% of their body mass. The large baskets they carry on their backs are supported by a strap across the forehead. A doctor working among them once told me that this habit often results in a permanently grooved skull as well as curved spine and confined pelvic space, making childbirth more difficult. Yet day after day they can be seen in brightly colored wraps faithfully bearing their tremendous burdens, bent over as they go. We all carry burdens. If they could be measured… Read More