Lay Your Burdens Down

Here is a song from yesteryear which brought immense solace and comfort to my soul as I listened to it on my tape player and sang along. Chuck Girard is my favourite singer. His voice strikes a deep chord in my heart - gentle, moving -impelling.
Do we have any Chuck Girard fans reading this?
Other songs by Chuck which I like are entitled 'Sometimes Alleluia ' and 'Slow Down '.
The video images from this song are from the Haiti disaster.
My heart is burdened and it is a time of testing for my mother and me . This is my song for the day.


28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11 (Bible)


Lay your burden down, lay your burden down

Take your troubled soul, your tired mind

And lay your burden down

Lay your burden down,

get your feet on solid ground

Take your worries to the foot of the cross,

and lay your burden down

Lay your burden down,

lay your burden down

Take your weary life,

your heavy load,

and lay your burden down

Lay your burden down,

get your feet on solid ground

Take your failures to the foot of the cross,

and lay your burden down

(Lay your burden down)

You've been tryin' hard to make it all alone

Tryin' hard to make it on your own

And the strength you once were feelin',

isn't there no more

And you think the wrong you've done,

is just too much to be forgiven

But you know that isn't true

Just lay your burden down,

He has Forgiven you

Lay your burden down,

lay your burden down

Take your burden to the cross,

and lay it down

Lay your burden down,

lay your burden down

Take your worries to the cross and lay them down

For All the Saints

All Saints' Day
All Saints' Day (also known as All Hallows' Day or Hallowmas) is the day after All Hallows' Eve (Hallowe'en). It is a feast day celebrated on November 1st by Anglicans and Roman Catholics.
It is an opportunity for followers to remember all saints and martyrs, known and unknown, throughout Christian history. As part of this day of obligation, followers are required to attend church and try not to do any servile work.
Remembering saints and martyrs and dedicating a specific day to them each year has been a Christian tradition since the 4th century AD, but it wasn't until 609AD that Pope Boniface IV decided to remember all martyrs. Originally May 13th was designated as the Feast of All Holy Martyrs. Later, in 837AD, Pope Gregory IV extended the festival to remember all the saints, changed its name to Feast of All Saints and changed the date to November 1st.

Ephesians 2:19 (New American Standard Bible)
19So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household

Hebrews 12:1 (New International Version © 2010)
Hebrews 12
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,

Our Saviour has inspired generations of believers who have fought , prayed , persevered, suffered and passed on to glory. We stand on their shudders.

"For All the Saints Who from Their Labors Rest"

by William W. How, 1823-1897

1. For all the saints who from their labors rest,

Who Thee by faith before the world confess,

Thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest,Alleluia! Alleluia!

2. Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress,

and their Might;Thou, Lord,

their Captain in the well-fought fight;

Thou, in the darkness drear,

their one true Light.Alleluia! Alleluia!

3. Oh, may Thy soldiers, faithful,

true and bold,Fight as the saints

who nobly fought of old

And win with them the victor's crown of gold.

Alleluia! Alleluia!

4. O blest communion, fellowship divine,

We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;

Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.

Alleluia! Alleluia!