What's on your plate?

This weekend a friend used the metaphor of a person having a heavy plate to hold and another helping carry that plate for awhile. We all have our plates. During some phases of our lives we are in situations that make that plate very heavy. Sometimes we really are at the point of dropping it unless someone comes and gives us a hand, or at the very least the encouragement we need to keep going. What does your plate look like today? Is your heart heavy? Have you been given an illness or suffered a loss that is all but breaking you down? Or are you on the other end of the spectrum? Did you wake up today being able to move all your limbs, being able to breathe well, fortified and built up in the Lord? If so look around. Whose plate can you help carry today? You can't bring someone's loved one back, but you can call them or visit them for an hour to help them through their day. You can't heal anyone, but you can pray for them and send them a note and point them to their Great Physician. We can't conquer someone's addictions, but we can pray Satan's bondage in their life would be broken. Lord, use us today to be your hands and feet, to help carry someone's plate. And if it is my plate that is heavy, Lord send someone to help me carry it.