Related commentaries – Burdens

Bearing Each Others Burdens – Colossians 4:7 – 4:11

William Carey’s burden for India

The year was the late 1700’s. The place was India. The missionary was William Carey. He was a shoe repairman. He had a world map on his wall. India became a burden to him. He left for India and spent 42 years there and translated the Bible into 25 different languages. He became the Father of Missions. What was the secret of William Carey’s life? He had a bed-ridden, crippled sister in England. Everyday, William wrote his sister and shared the missionary burdens with her. She would take these burdens to the Lord in prayer everyday (James O. Davis - Sermon Central).