Carry One Another's Burdens

A few months ago my son and I went to the pet store and purchased a pair of zebra finches. I liked the squeaky little sounds that they make and felt that it wouldn't be a noise that I would get tired of. I decided to name them Ruthie and Boaz after the couple in the book of Ruth in the Old Testament. If you have never read it, please do yourself a favor and do it. It is a wonderful romantic story of Boaz, the kinsmen redeemer and Ruth, a devoted daughter in law who connect, marry and solidify the lineage to Jesus. Anyway, these two birds have been fun to watch. Ruthie did lay some eggs and she and Boaz shared the duty of sitting on the eggs until they hatched. To see Ruthie step out of the nest to eat, followed by Boaz jumping in to warm the eggs was heartwarming to say the least. Their babies didn't survive this time around but we will probably try again.
Yesterday I came home and looked in the cage and to my horror, Ruthie was hanging upside down in the cage with her foot caught on some kind of thread. I really thought she was dead. Who knows how long she had been like that. Thankfully she was alive and I held her as I untangeled this thin thread that was wrapped around her small foot. There seemed to be certain damage to it as she was unable to keep her balance. She sat on top of the nest and had to prop herself using her wing. I moved her food and water close to her, as I thought she would starve because she couldn't balance. To my surprise, when I got my human hands out of the cage, Boaz rushed to her side and propped himself up against her to hold her up. He didn't leave her side other than when this silly human would put her hands in there to rearrange things to help Ruthie.
If we all could learn a lesson from one of these smallest of God's creatures. Boaz was there to carry Ruthie's burdens. He wasn't concerned for his own needs and take all the food for himself, he was there for her in all situations. He "supported" her in the only way he could.
Today Ruthie seems to be back to her old self. The temporary injury seems to be less of a burden for her. Thanks to the rest she was able to have with Boaz being there for her in her time of need.