Matthew 10: “Jesus called them one by one. Peter, Andrew, James and John...” If you grew up going to church---you are humming along right now!! I am always reminded when reading this passage that Jesus picked these guys to help him, and then he sent them away to go do the work. He gave them a little training and then pushed them out into the big, bad world. I always think of them following Jesus around like puppy dogs but in reality-they got some real-life on-the-job training, too!
Matthew 11: Jesus promises REST-- I sure hope it comes soon!!! I’m ready for it. Aren’t you? Oh wait. He says that the REST is here. All we have to do is COME TO HIM! It sounds so simple and wonderful, and yet so many times I forget or decide to try to handle things on my own. UGH! Anyone remember this old song. I can hear my grandma singing it...
“O heart bowed down with sorrow! O eyes that long for sight! There's gladness in believing; In Jesus there is light.
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me;
For I am meek and lowly in heart And ye shall find rest unto your soul.”
Jim Bales
February 18
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Thanks for the commentary Jim, let us all not forget how faith has been passed down from generation to generation and it doesn't have to be vocal, it can just be by example and by doing!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jim. I, too, was struck by the promise of rest. Not rest at the end but rest right now if I will seek it through Him. Must remember to stop picking up the burdens that Jesus wants to carry for me.
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