From Pastor John Collins:
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 (NKJV).
In this life, we all want to love and to be loved. We want
to share a connection that is meaningful whether we realize this or not. This
world is shallow and frivolous and impersonal more often than not. We lack
intimacy and depth of emotion. We can get lonely so very quickly in life and we
can lose our ability to deal with our emotions in a healthy way, if we ever
really learned how to deal with them in the first place.
Too often, we will self-sabotage and create messes in our own
lives that become habits that undermine our health. There are all kinds of ways
to hurt ourselves while remaining in denial such as drugs, alcohol, whoring,
over-eating, smoking and so many other ways that put our lives at risk at our
own hands.
People put on a smile and cover up pain. People have
problems and hurt and don’t always know what to do with that hurt. Be willing
to take extra time in your life for those in need of a friend, a conversation,
a willing listener and if you are this person who is in need then take some
time to get closer to Jesus and He will bring you opportunity to be of service
to others and in doing so you will find yourself connected and appreciated.
We are capable of rich friendships, rich love and rich
experiences in this life and they all start with knowing the love of God and
His Son. Faith heals and a heart that is full of faith is full of love even in
the darkest hour.
“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.” Matthew 11:29 (NKJV).
