MATTHEW 11:28.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

TO PONDER:

As you start the week, how are you feeling? Eager to launch into the week? Ready to embrace what this week throws at you? Or tired and you haven't even got out of bed yet? Life is exhausting. The demands. The expectations. The responsibilities. Sometimes it seems that life is like a giant version of Tetris, as we try to arrange, rearrange, manipulate, make space and attempt to fit all the pieces together into a cohesive whole. Sometimes we manage ok, but we never know which piece is next, and as we struggle to find where it fits, the next unexpected piece comes and then another and it can leave us overwhelmed.

Jesus, never expected us to do life on our own. He knows that we cannot bear the burden of expectations and demands required of us. That's why he entered this world, to take on the burden of responsibilities, to fulfil the weight of demands, and to be crushed by the expectations of humankind, so that we might know freedom and joy. God promises Jeremiah and us, I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint. Jeremiah 31:25.

Jesus invites us as we start this week, and with all that lies ahead, to rest in him, find refreshment in him and in his presence receive all we need to focus on one piece at a time, knowing that whatever comes next, he will be us, lifting the burden and making the canvas of our life complete.

PRAYER:

Good morning Lord, there is nothing that can happen to me today or this week that is bigger than you. Give me your grace to step into the challenges and expectations of this week, letting you carry the weight of expectation that I can never carry. Amen.