Caregiver
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One KJV verse for the one holding everyone else.
Bearing another’s burden is holy work. It is also heavy. These verses speak to the labourer, not only to the one being held—KJV on this page.
This is Scripture, not treatment. Respite, doctors, and other hands still belong. You are allowed to need them.
No rush. Read slowly. Let one verse land.
A quieter path (Grace Ribbon)
Key Verses
KJV
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
In simpler words
Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.
What was going on
Paul tells the churches to bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
What it means
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
The law of Christ here is shared weight—not you alone forever.
KJV
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
In simpler words
Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
What was going on
Jesus invites all who labour and are heavy laden to come unto Him, and He will give them rest.
What it means
Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
The tired are invited as they are. Rest is His gift.
KJV
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
In simpler words
But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.
What was going on
Isaiah tells weary Judah that they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, run and not be weary, walk and not faint.
What it means
They that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Strength is renewed in waiting on the Lord—not in pretending you never tire.
KJV
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
In simpler words
Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.
What was going on
David, crushed by a friend’s treachery, says cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
What it means
Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain you: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Sustain is the word—not “make the burden imaginary.”
KJV
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
In simpler words
And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.
What was going on
Paul tells the churches not to be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
What it means
Let us not be weary in well doing: in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Well doing can weary you. Due season is still promised.
KJV
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
In simpler words
Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
What was going on
Paul says God comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
What it means
God comforts us in all our tribulation so we can comfort others with the comfort we ourselves received from God.
You can pass comfort on. You also have to receive it first.
When it hits hardest
- When everyone else sleeps and you are still on watch—Psalm 55:22 says cast thy burden upon the LORD; He shall sustain thee.
- When well-doing has gone longer than your strength—Galatians 6:9 says do not be weary in well doing; due season is still ahead.
- When you cannot put the burden down—Galatians 6:2 is for the church too: others may bear with you.
A Gentle Word
Matthew 11:28. Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden. The invitation is to the tired one—you.
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