resting...

do you ever feel tired?  weary?  had enough... and you just need rest - or perhaps as though you want to throw in the towel?  give up and/or cry out "uncle?"  remember that childhood game where you'd play with a friend or a sibling and the first one who'd had enough, needed to yell out "uncle"...  it was a game then - sometimes now in real life it seems so apropos, doesn't it?  no longer a game, i'd like to regress back to being a child - stomp my foot or shake my fist in the air although that's not very realistic... sigh...

because lately, i have felt weary.  but today's reading in "jesus calling" by sarah young was a perfect encouragement... a wonderful little pick-me-up...  i wanted to share it with you.

then... i came across this wildflower - out in a field.  i have titled it "nature's heart" because it's as though god was drawing me to it to show me, through nature, his heart love for me...  not to forget he is all around me in everyday things - simple things.  may this encourage you, too...

"come to me when you are weak and weary.  rest snugly in My everlasting arms.  i do not despise your weakness, my child.  actually, it draws Me closer to you, because weakness stirs up My compassion - My yearning to help.  accept yourself in your weariness, knowing that i understand how difficult your journey has been.

do not compare yourself with others, who seem to skip along their life-paths with ease.  their journeys have been different from yours, and i have gifted them with abundant energy.  i have gifted you with fragility, providing opportunities for your spirit to blossom in My Presence.  accept this gift as a sacred treasure: delicate, yet glowing with brilliant Light.  rather than struggling to disguise or deny your weakness, allow Me to bless you richly through it."  isaiah 42:3;  isaiah 54:10;  romans 8:26

happy day.....