"Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you" (1 Pet. 5:7).

A very beautiful thought is brought out by the French translation of this verse. Where our version reads "Casting," the French translation is "Unload." Have you ever seen a coal-cart unload? The man took out of the front of the heavy cart a little iron pin, and the cart was so balanced on the axle that then, with a slight pressure on the back of the cart, it would tip up and the whole load slide to the ground. You do not have to take up the load; just take out the little pin of your endeavors to help matters, and then, with your hands of faith and committal, tip up the big load, and go on, for "He careth for you."

It may be the daily responsibility. There is so much depending on it. Your family must be fed; your children educated; that sick wife or daughter must be tended. It is a heavy load. Little children keep continually on the go; they play from morning till night, and work so hard at it, you can scarcely get them to stop to sleep. It is a wonder to you how they ever manage to keep up their work and activity so long. The secret is:They do the work and let the father take the worry.

God has no children without sorrow, and in many cases the load seems too heavy to be borne; but His own invitation is:"Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee." The thing that can most surely unload the heart is to come into a consciousness of the fact so plainly stated:"He careth for you." He loves us and sympathizes with us, and will exercise His strength in our behalf. God has not left us out of His mind or out of sight, but is "keeping watch over His own," and "will make all things work together for our good."