“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.. learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” (Matthew 11:28, 20)
Have You Ever?
Traffic was picking up, with rush hour about thirty minutes away. As I drove along a street paralleling the railroad tracks, I noticed a truck off to my left.
It was parked on an empty lot which had overgrown scrub grass and tall weeds. The cab was jackknifed; I slowed down to look closer.
A man in the driver’s seat had his head back, obviously sleeping. It wasn’t a truck stop, or anything; I figured he probably had gotten so tired he just couldn’t go any farther.
Have you ever felt that way? Like you were too tired to go any farther? Like you just couldn’t give more; like you couldn’t do one more thing, go another mile?
The solution that’s given, in the wisest book ever written, says the answer is ‘rest’. Just as the truck driver was doing. And not only physically rest (sleep), but rest emotionally, mentally and spiritually as well.
The Message says, “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life…Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” (Matthew 11:28-30)
Yes, there is an answer, in a Person, to feeling too tired to go any farther. That is good news.
Sally I. Kennedy
©2008 Irish Thursdays Weekly Devotionals, http://www.sallyikennedy.com
Also by Sally I. Kennedy: Irish Thursdays, More Little Parables 52 Little Parables from Ireland, Creation House Press Words from the Heart Poppy the Penguin® Kwackie the Wonder Duck
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