Mosiah 18:8 And it came to pass that he said unto them: Behold, here are the waters of Mormon (for thus were they called) and now, as ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light;
This scripture always seemed heavy to me, like a huge responsibility. Today in church we had our Branch Conference, the Stake President mentioned this scripture in relation to a story about forgiveness and a man who had been severely abused for much of his life... and I finally got it. Bearing one another's burdens doesn't mean you/we/I have to "fix" everyone else's problems (I mean seriously could I even; really) or get anyone else to repent of their mistakes (this doesn't excuse us from crying repentance where appropriate, but we can't make anyone repent [that was Satan's plan]); it simply means I must be willing to forgive them when their problems and/or mistakes affect me, that way their burden of repentance is not made heavier by my additional burden of not forgiving them.
