Jesus said,
“Come to me, all you
that are weary and are
carrying heavy burdens,
and I will give you rest.”
Matthew 11:28
In May of 2000, a forest fire destroyed about four hundred of the six thousand homes in town.
In May of 2001, I drew a cartoon to reflect on the past year.
Two guys are hiking. One hiker is overly exuberant. The other is overly exhausted. The bubbly hiker pulls some rocks out of the tired hikers backpack. To demonstrate how light they are, he starts juggling them, saying, “Why are you so tired. These are light.”
The tired hiker says, “Yes, but I’ve been carrying them for a full year.”
Sometimes our burdens are heavy. Sometimes they’re heavy because we’ve been carrying them for a long time.
Can you hold a cup of coffee out in front of you? Easy … if it’s only for a minute. But try holding it out – without spilling it – for an hour or two.
What burdens are you carrying? Some are big because of their size. Some are big because you’ve been carrying them for a long time – like chronic illness, estrangement from family members, underemployment (and the financial havoc it causes), griefs that won’t go away.
They’re really. They’re exhausting. The question is … Have you been carrying them alone?
Jesus says, “Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens.” Why? Because his greatest desire is to help you carry them. Indeed, through his comfort, encouragement, wisdom, and power, he promises to “give you rest.”
In Christ’s Love,
a guy who’s learned
that rest is not always
a physical concepted
… but a Person
(Jesus Christ)
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