"Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest."(Matthew 11:28)
In the Rite I Eucharist of the Episcopal Church, this verse is said right before the Peace is exchanged in what are known as the comfortable words.
I've thought a lot about being weary lately. Yes part of it is all the moving and transitioning of children to the next chapter of life. Part of it is that I rise early and stay up too late. There is also a weariness and a burden that I sometimes feel when I think about my own future. Not about dying, but about if I will ever have a chance to do a different type of ministry or am I destined to retire from my current position?
I am not unhappy, just restless. I carry a heavy burden of uncertainty that I have placed on myself. Maybe that's what is meant by a come to Jesus moment. I need to let go of things that tire me out mentally and spiritually. The physical weariness will take care of itself. To give some of these burdens that I sense on me, over to the one who can handle them. And after a while, if they are burdens I really need to bare, then I can take that yoke back on.
Blessings,
Ed
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