While much of Master Chief’s journey is a solo experience, he didn’t save the universe alone… across each of his adventures he was joined by different co-op partners who provided him with critical support in his moments of need. Some of his allies (like Cortana) were present for almost every step of the way, while others (like the Arbiter) were on a parallel path that didn’t intersect until the moment called for it… and a few showed up just long enough to drop off a Warthog before disappearing from the campaign. Master Chief carried the burden of being the Reclaimer on his back, but it was his support team who carried him to the finish line.

It’s easy for us to see ourselves as the “main character” in our stories and focus on our own crosses to carry, but we’re also called to be a support partner in the story of others to help them bear their burdens. The one moment of Simon’s life that changed the entire world was the day he carried someone else’s cross… so in our journeys today let’s seek opportunities to be a co-op partner for someone else. The small part we play in another person’s story may be the one action that mattered the most.

Now as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus. Luke 23:25

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2

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