Tidbit 1 Humor Time
****How to politely tell someone that they are stupid: Wisdom has been chasing you, but you have always been faster.
****Some seniors have no filter as they grow older. I went to sing at an assisted living facility. One of the residents came up to me afterwards. This was our conversation.
Resident: Is that a wig?
Me: Yes, it is.
Resident: I thought so, because most people don’t have that much hair.
(True story )
Lord, as I get older, please let me keep my filter. Aging is inevitable, but losing my filter is not.
****During Gladys Aylward’s harrowing journey out of war-torn Yang Chen, during the Communist take-over, she saw no apparent hope of reaching safety. A 13-year-old girl tried to comfort her by saying, “Don’t forget what you told us about Moses in the wilderness,” (referring to God’s promise of his presence) to which Gladys Aylward replied, “Yes, my dear, but I am not Moses.” The young girl replied, “Yes, but God is still God.”
Tidbit 2 Keep Running
We are 6 months into 2024. Time is just flying by. Did you set any New Year’s resolutions for 2024? Did you think you would be further along on your healthy living quest? Have you become complacent? Did you start out running and now you are walking? Wherever you find yourself, I want to encourage you to keep running.
Yes, I get tired sometimes, but giving up is not an option. After years of exercising, I still have to make myself exercise. I still have to make myself eat raw veggies. If I stop my healthy living quest now, it won’t be pretty. I would get stiff. I would get fatter. Who knows what else would go wrong? So, let us keep getting some form of exercise in, eating those veggies, staying hydrated, taking those vitamins, getting enough sleep, etc. Let us keep, praying, seeking the Lord, reading our Bible, etc. It may be difficult but never impossible. Keep doing better! Keep running!
Tidbit 3 My Yoke Is Easy
Kid: I didn’t know Jesus put eggs on people in the Bible.
Mom: What are you talking about?
Kid: Well, in Matthew 11:29, Jesus said, “Take my yoke upon you ..………
Matthew 11:25-30, NKJV
At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. 26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. 27 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
I don’t know about you, but I have had plenty of heavy burdens in my lifetime. Some have been so heavy that I just wished Jesus could come, crack the sky (the Rapture), and beam me up. Some have been so heavy that I just wanted to die and go home to be with Him. Some have been so heavy that I just wanted to take a bottle of pills. The one thing that kept me from doing so was that I probably would have ended up in a nursing home in my right mind, but paralyzed for life. I might have lost a limb or two, been disabled and lived with regret for the rest of my life.
Burdens weigh down our hearts and lives. We carry some of them daily: having to always be right, trying to live up to the expectations of others, inferiority, death, loss, financial hardships, guilt, relationship tension, etc. I don’t have to allow any of these examples to weigh me down, unless I choose to do so. I must remind myself daily that I am a part of God’s team. This means that in every game of life, I win, even when it doesn’t look like I’m winning.
In our reading for today, Jesus extends an invitation for us to come to Him with our burdens. He didn’t say we wouldn’t have them. He said He would make them light. He cannot and will not lie. It is totally possible to live freely and lightly and just rest in Him. What an awesome place to be! I’m not there. I may never get totally there but every day, I’m working on it.
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Sources
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