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