It is the desire of God our Father for us to find rest and peace; refreshment and strength; life and hope! The necessary and natural burdens of human life can be bearable and even en-joy-able if we TRUST him completely and go to Jesus, his gift, his Son, who in his humility and meekness will provide for these needs. After all – this is precisely why he came to us in the first place – to be our friend, to be our reconciliation, to be our peace!
With his own heart - which is a most sacred heart, a most loving heart – he loves us and waits for our act of belief, our act of hope, our act of trust in giving him our burdens so that he can make them easy for us!
However, he will not simply take away our burdens, our crosses, our difficulties in life – to ask him to do so is contrary to his will – for Jesus tells us that we MUST take up our crosses and follow him to reach eternal life – there is no other way to get there! But we can ask him to make sure that our cross is exactly the one and the right size for us at any given moment, on any given day! This prayer he would be happy and glad to answer immediately – for this IS his will – for us to carry OUR cross!
Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give your rest,
says the Lord.
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