Hollow Trees
Susan Wakefield Dal Porto
(Illinois, USA)
(Image by: Pixabay)
Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. - Galatians 6:2 (NRSV)
One sunny autumn afternoon, my adult son and I hiked through a local forest. We stopped at a tree that had a large hollow near the ground. When I stuck my head inside the hollow, my son cautioned that animals might be living in there; but it was completely empty....
Today's Prayer
Dear God, help us to bear one another’s burdens — to give others a space to reveal their hurts and concerns, and to trust enough to reveal our burdens to others. Amen.
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