Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. The title of today's post is,

Lean on Me. Charlie Brown is the principal character of the comic strip Peanuts, created by

Charles Schultz, and syndicated in numerous newspapers worldwide. He is depicted as insecure, nervous,

and lacking self-confidence, but is also very lovable. Lucy is the obnoxious sister of a friend,

and Snoopy is Charlie Brown's ever-faithful dog. In one episode, Charlie Brown was

pitching baseball doing a lousy job. Lucy was giving him grief, as usual. Finally, he could bear the

misery and humiliation no longer.

In an expression of exasperation that only Charlie Brown could think of,

he stood on his head right there on the pitcher's mound.

As Lucy's degrading mockery continued,

the ever-loyal Snoopy did the unexpected. He walked onto the pitcher's mound and stood on his head beside Charlie Brown sharing his humiliation. You gotta love it. And Snoopy, by the way,

was very biblical. The Bible says, weep with those who weep.

Romans 1215, bear one another's burdens, Galatians 6.2. Snoopy decided it wasn't appropriate

to let Charlie Brown bear his embarrassment alone.

There are two words for bear in the New Testament.

One used in Galatian 6-2 above means to carry.

The other used in Colossians 313 and Ephesians 4-2, means to hold oneself up against.

To hold oneself up against in order to bear up or sustain something.

In other words, you lean against it or stand close to it to sustain it, much like a person staking a

tomato plant to sustain it from the weight it carries. When doing so, the strength of the steak

is transferred to the plant and thus bears or holds it up.

When the Lord commands us to bear one another in Colossians 313 and Ephesians 4.2,

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