COME UNTO ME.......REST!

THE HECTIC PACE OF LIFE TODAY TENDS TO
WEARY A BODY AND SOUL. WITH ALL OF THE
EXPECTATIONS THAT WE PUT UPON OURSELVES,
IN ADDITION TO THOSE THAT OTHERS PUT UPON
US (INCLUDING THOSE THAT WE IMAGINE ARE
BEING PUT UPON US), OUR MINDS, SPIRITS, AND
BODIES OFTEN GET TIRED - WEARY AS JESUS
STATED IT.

BELOVED - CHRISTIAN FRIEND - CHILD OF GOD,
DO NOT LET YOURSELF BE DRAGGED INTO THE
WHIRLPOOL OF DESPAIR THAT SATAN AND HIS
MINIONS WOULD HAVE YOU DIZZYING YOURSELF
WITH!!

WORKING FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME, RUNNING
CHILDREN TO ALL SORTS OF ACTIVITIES, WHETHER
SCHOOL FUNCTIONS, SPORTS, SOCIAL OR CHURCH
GATHERINGS, OR WHATEVER, TOO OFTEN WE WHO
ARE "HIS" FIND OURSELVES BELONGING TO EVERYONE
EXCEPT HIM!!

HOW'S LIFE FOR YOU? BUSY? TOO BUSY?
ARE YOU TAKING ON MORE THAN YOU SHOULD?
CAN SOME OF YOUR "BUSYNESS" BE CUT BACK?
ARE THERE ACTIVITIES THAT COULD BE CUT OUT?
IS EVERYTHING YOU'RE "INTO" IMPORTANT OR
NECESSARY?

SOMETIMES EVEN TOO MUCH "CHURCH" INVOLVE-
MENT CAN BE JUST THAT - TOO MUCH!!
DON'T GET ME WRONG, THERE ARE SOME FOLK
THAT NEED TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN WHAT GOD
IS DOING AND WANTING TO DO IN THEIR PARISH
OR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, BUT BECAUSE THEY
DON'T - OTHERS HAVE TO "TAKE UP THE SLACK"!
AND OFTEN GOOD, QUALIFIED, CONCERNED,
WILLING PEOPLE STRRRRRRRRRRRETCH THEM-
SELVES TOO THIN DOING "GOD'S WORK"!!

DO YOU HEAR MY HEART?
AM I SPEAKING TO YOU?
WHETHER CHURCH ACTIVITIES OR CHRISTIAN
WORK, OR SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT SUCH AS CLUBS,
PTA, SPORTS, POLITICS, OR ANY OF A NUMBER OF
OTHER GOOD, SOUND, ACCEPTABLE THINGS, IT IS
SOOOOOOOOOOO EASY FOR YOU AND ME TO
"BE TOO BUSY" OR TO BE TOO MUCH "ON THE GO"!

WORKING TOO MANY HOURS.
WORKING TOO MANY JOBS.
TAKING ON "TOO MUCH".
TRYING TO "SAVE THE WORLD".
WANTING TO BE "MRS. OR MR. GOODBODY".

ARE YOU TIRED? EXASPERATED? WORN OUT?
ARE YOU READY FOR A CHANGE? WEARY?

JESUS SAYS, "COME TO ME ALL WHO ARE WEARY,
AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST"! (MATTHEW 11:28)

INSTEAD OF TAKING TIME FOR EVERYBODY ELSE,
INCLUDING YOURSELF, YOUR SAVIOUR DESIRES
AND WANTS YOU TO COME ASIDE AND SPEND TIME
WITH HIM!!
WHETHER IT'S JUST SITTING AND MEDITATING,
OR SINGING A HYMN OR CHORUS, OR WORSHIPPING
HIM AND THE FATHER, OR PRAYING, OR READING
OR REMEMBERING SOME OF HIS WORDS, JESUS IS
DESIROUS OF HAVING YOU COME TO HIM AND
REFRESH YOUR SPIRIT, MIND, AND BODY!!

SLOW DOWN, FRIEND. EXAMINE YOUR PRIORITIES.
ASK HIM TO HELP YOU TO KNOW WHERE YOU NEED
TO SHORTEN YOUR LIST OF "TO DO" ITEMS, SO THAT
YOU CAN FIND TIME FOR HIS PRESENCE.
IS HE GETTING ENOUGH OF YOU?
IS HE GETTING ENOUGH OF YOUR TIME?
IS HE GETTING ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE?
IS HE GETTING YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION?

ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH OF HIM?
ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH OF HIS TIME?
ARE YOU ENJOYING THE FULLNESS OF HIS LOVE?
ARE YOU SPENDING TIME ALONE WITH HIM?

HE'S WAITING.

ANOTHER FAVORITE VERSE OF MINE IS IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT - "BE STILL AND KNOW THAT
I AM GOD". BE STILL.
SLOW DOWN. BE STILL. LISTEN. REACH UP.
FEEL HIS NEARNESS. BASK IN HIS LOVE.
EXCITE WITH HIS WORDS. "COME UNTO ME......."