Why do you not lay down your burden?

Below is an excerpt from a really old book (first published 1870).
To spice up the story, I did some Corel Photo Painting, putting together pictures of a carabao and some farmers.
I'm just hoping to cast a clearer picture of what it means to live life in Christ.
Enjoy!

Most Christians are like a man toiling along the road, bending under a heavy burden, when a wagon overtook him, and the driver kindly offered to help him on his journey.

He joyfully accepted the offer, but when seated in the wagon, continued to bend beneath his burden, which he still kept on his shoulders.

"Why do you not lay down your burden?" asked the kind hearted driver.

"Oh!" replied the man, "I feel that it is almost too much to ask you to carry me, and I could not think of letting you carry my burden too".

And so christians, who have given themselves into the care and keeping of the Lord Jesus, still continue to bend beneath the weight of their burdens, and often go weary and heavy-laden throughout the whole length of their journey.

From the book by Hannah Whitall Smith "The Christian's Secret Of A Happy Life" (first published 1870)

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