Are you Tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion?
12:15 PM
Are you tired?
Worn Out?
Burned out on religion?
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These are all questions Jesus as us. He deeply cares about the condition of your
heart and emotions. He doesn’t just ask
us surface questions nor does he listen with distracted ears. He intently listens with every fiber of His
being and offers us answers.
I love nothing more than grabbing a giant size coffee and
venting my heart out to a safe friend.
She listens with a bent ear of grace and understanding. She comes alongside and even partakes in the
biggest dessert known to man. Never once
does she judge me or make me feel out of place with my spewing of ugly
emotions. (Even though my emotions are
very much out of control.) She sits with
empathy and tenderness in her eyes. She
doesn’t say a word.
Drunk on anger, dehydrated by bitterness, and fatigue by
deprivation of rest I continue on with wreck less words. My words knock reason, logic, and by the book
ideals out of the park. Fueled with
disappointment. Stress, and yes even jealousy I am DONE. Stick a fork in me DONE.
I am worn out. Tired.
Weary. Exhausted. Search Webster’s big
fat book of words; find every adjective to describe being over being done and
that was me.
As much as I appreciated her time, empathy, company, warm
coffee, and dessert I still left the dame as when I came. I dare even say worse. I was emptier than when I arrived. I had truly emptied my heart. I was void of all feeling. Numb to the core.
Jesus, he longs to do the same except he offers
solutions. Answers. A way to recover my life.
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your
life. I’ll show you how to take a real
rest. Walk with me and work with me –
watch how I do it. Learn the unforced
rhythms of grace. I wont lay anything
heavy or ill fitting on you. Keep
company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”(MSG Matthew
11:28-30)
Not the recover we are accustomed to as with covering over
with makeup, self-care, self-help books, date nights, parties,
relationships. Not the kind of recover
we use to ide things with. No he doesn’t
just cover over us he re covers all of us.
He recovers our entire life.
From the inside out. Just like a
professional reupholster would recover a forgotten piece of art.
Right now I have a piece in my bedroom that is desperate
need of being recovered. This chair
needs to be stripped to the bones and everything replaced.
After this process this chair will be one of
my most prized treasure of furniture.
She will become a piece to hand down throughout the family.
Right now she is an eyesore. She carries a foul stench she is displeasing
to almost all five senses. However once
I have her recovered she will be restored to her original purpose and will be
pleasing to all who come in my house.
She sits in a corner covered over in blankets, hidden.
Waiting for someone to take the time to recover her and bring back her purpose
and once vibrant purpose.
We aren’t much different from this chair. We get used, worn, and stained. We serve a purpose but we also need to
recover our life. We need ONE to come and
recover our life. We need ONE to
uncover, remove all the blankets used to keep us hidden, and strip us to the
bones. We need Christ to come and not just cover us but recover our life.
1 comments
Great analogy - with the chair. I have felt like that and am so glad the Lord never gives up on us but always sees our full potential.
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