A backpack loaded down with books. We can give them to the Lord. Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. I know that most of you use a backpack to carry all of your school supplies and books back and forth to school.
Life is a lot like that too.
Sometimes we have some pretty heavy burdens that we try to carry around with us. Maybe some of you were worried that you wouldn't have any friends in your class, or that the other kids wouldn't like you, or that you just wouldn't fit in. Maybe you were worried that you wouldn't have the right clothes. Maybe some of you were worried that you might not be able to do the work in your new grade and were afraid you might fail. Those can be pretty heavy problems to carry around with us.