Day 51 rest

Day 51
“Come to me, you who are weary and are heavy-laden and I will give you rest.” Jesus

Weariness, tiredness, exhaustion….and the thought of rest, real rest is just almost unbelievable. What was Jesus thinking saying this to people who were oppressed and persecuted? What do we think when we hear such words?

I do not believe these are easy fix words from Jesus. I think this this is challenging These words of Jesus, however, are a gift to people weary…weary of the chaos, weary of the pain, weary of the drudgery; people looking for hope, healing and peace; a calm in the storm.

What Jesus didn’t intend is for us to come to him, give him a cursory nod and run back out into the storms and even create more chaos for ourselves and wonder “where the hell did Jesus go and where is my rest? This didn’t work Jesus! You promised something you aren’t fulfilling your promises!”

Easy answers and quick solutions are not being offered rather a life long pursuit of joy, peace, hope and love in grace. A chance to breathe deeply.

Taking time to reflect, listen, play, enjoy is difficult for many people in the modern world especially in the USA. In many other parts of the world they have this beautiful thing called “siesta”. It’s is an opportunity to take time to rest, let your food digest, relax, step away from your work and your burdens and just be..

“Come to me, you who are weary and are heavy-laden and I will give you rest.”
“Come to me, you who are weary and are heavy-laden and I will give you rest.”
It’s worth considering.