“My hands make burdens light.” This is a saying that I have taught my children. Whenever there is complaining or twisted faces over chores, errands, or favors I remind them to say aloud, “My hands make YOUR burdens light, Mom.” I remind them how much they help me and what a blessing it is for me when they do.

While I am working on meals, sewing clothes, organizing cupboards, and so forth, occasionally a couple of my children gather around me to watch while I work. I remind them that I am working for our family. My hands doing this work make your stresses light and your tummies full. As a wife, my hands can relief my husband of extra responsibilities.

My hands can soothe a sobbing child by wiping away her tears and smoothing her moist hair behind her ears. My hands can reassure. My hands can lift away burdens with the help and service that they give.

Helping Hands

By: Della Adams Leitner

The little hands so helpless
That clasp your own today;
The little feet uncertain
That trust your leading way-

You feel in their dependence
Responsibility
To guide them and protect them
Till they are strong and free.

The years are swift in passing-
Like reels of fill they go;
Time comes when aging footsteps
Are tottering and slow;

It may be in that distance
When your own strength shall fail
These hands will keep you steady
Along life’s sunset trail.

Remember that hands can make burdens light with the loads they can carry. Others will benefit from our service and the hands that give.

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About The Author:  Shiloah Baker is a mother of seven children and homemaker who resides in North Carolina. She is the owner of Homemaking Cottage & Co., a website which offers homemaking related articles, books, eBooks, ideas, other homemaking related materials, and a subscription service. For more information go to: www.homemakingcottage.com or her blog at homemakingcottageblog.blogspot.com to learn how she raises seven children and runs a business at home.

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