Matthew 11:28-29 NLT : "28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls."
You know there is nothing as peaceful to me, as watching or holding your children while they sleep. I mean, I can remember times when Rajime or Tre (pictured here in a Dallas hotel) would be so zonked that they'd fall asleep in my arms and I couldn't help but become so relaxed with their state that I too would sink into a peaceful rest with them. I honestly believe that often what we experience as parents or caretakers of children are a smaller scaled version of what our Heavenly Father delights in. There's nothing like knowing your chidlren have not a care in the world, because they are safely resting in your arms. Nothing can harm them there, they are safest there.
Christ encourages those of us who are weary (physically or mentall exhausted; impatient or dissatisfied by a heavy burden) to come to Him. In the game Simon says, the whole goal is TO DO (only) what SIMON SAYS, if you don't you lose. In the game LIFE (for Christians especially) the goal is to do ONLY what JESUS says..... when we don't we lose. It's that simple like the game Simon says, if you are caught doing something other than what Simon says you are out. In the game of LIFE with CHRIST you are not out, your are just OUT OF LINE. He invites each of us daily, and even multiple times during the day to come to Him, not complain to others, but COME TO HIM so that in exchange for your exhaustion, dissatisfaction with life and it's circumstances so that He may give you rest. Give yourself a break today, and GO to Him, and rest in His arms.
I've include a song to help you get to the place where Christ wants those who need to rest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr4XfAc1JBo
LGLP always
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