~~~ Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time ~~~
~~~ Zechariah 9:9-10 ~~Psalm 145~~
~~~ Romans 8:9, 11-13 ~~~ Matthew 11:25-30 ~~~
...you are in the spirit,
if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.
We seem to be of the flesh but really
we are in the Spirit because of our salvation.
Jesus promised to send down the Holy Spirit when he
returned to the Father in heaven.
If you are a believer, then you have the freedom to live in the Spirit.
We seem to be of the flesh but really
we are in the Spirit because of our salvation.
Jesus promised to send down the Holy Spirit when he
returned to the Father in heaven.
If you are a believer, then you have the freedom to live in the Spirit.
But even though we may live in the Spirit
we still carry the burdens of our life.
we still carry the burdens of our life.
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest..."
and I will give you rest..."
Today Jesus invites us to put down the fifty pound suitcase...
Take the loaded backpack from our shoulders...
Dump the rocks of bitterness and hatred from our hearts...
Today Jesus invites us to lay down all the burdens us
with the promise of receiving rest...his rest.
He wants to give us rest just as a little child
climbs up into his mother's lap.
He wants to give us rest as we lay our head against his chest.
He wants to give us rest as we close our eyes in peace.
Jesus wants us to let him carry our burdens.
He asks us to love as a child loves in return.
How difficult is that? To love like a little child.
A child runs to his parent when in need of comfort and rest.
climbs up into his mother's lap.
He wants to give us rest as we lay our head against his chest.
He wants to give us rest as we close our eyes in peace.
Jesus wants us to let him carry our burdens.
He asks us to love as a child loves in return.
How difficult is that? To love like a little child.
A child runs to his parent when in need of comfort and rest.
So too Jesus is there to relieve our burdens...
to comfort us...to make things better.
Resting in the Lord is unlike resting anywhere else.
Resting in the Lord we can hear the calming sound of his heartbeat.
Resting in the Lord we are so much closer to being united with the Spirit.
For when we stand up on our own two feet again
it is the Spirit which sustains us
it is the Spirit who restores our peace.
to comfort us...to make things better.
Resting in the Lord is unlike resting anywhere else.
Resting in the Lord we can hear the calming sound of his heartbeat.
Resting in the Lord we are so much closer to being united with the Spirit.
For when we stand up on our own two feet again
it is the Spirit which sustains us
it is the Spirit who restores our peace.
It is the Spirit who places in our heart
the understanding that we can return to this place
of rest whenever we feel the need.
the understanding that we can return to this place
of rest whenever we feel the need.
The one true place of rest is with the Lord.
We must get to Jesus before we can receive his rest.
Blessed by his invitation to let him take our heavy burdens.
For Jesus there is burden too great or too heavy.
May you receive peaceful rest
Blessed by his invitation to let him take our heavy burdens.
For Jesus there is burden too great or too heavy.
May you receive peaceful rest
free from all your burdens.
~~~Peace~~~
~~~Peace~~~
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