A Meditation

Lord, some days I’m so tired. I just don’t want to go on another day. Everyone pulls on me. My husband, my kids, my co-workers. I need to find time alone with You, and no one seems to want to let that happen but me. My body aches. My feet hurt. My heart just cries. I get so I just want to lay down and go to sleep and let the world go right on by me.

You know, Daddy God, You told me You wouldn’t put more on me than You could handle for me. Is it really just that I’m not letting You have this stuff I’m carrying’ ‘round today? Could it be that simple?

You said, "Come unto me, all who are weary, and I will give you rest." I’m so tired, Lord. I need You to take this load and lift it off of me. I can’t carry it anymore. I’ve got to let it go so You can have it. I’m sorry I picked it up again.

Daddy God, Jesus said, "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Is this a double yoke? A double yoke is only easy when I’m pullin’ the same direction You are. Is that why this all seems so heavy?

Father, forgive my pullin’ away. Help me to go Your way and not my own. Help me to let You have all the pain and sorrow and hurt and anger and frustration and fretfulness. Help me to give You what weighs so heavy on my soul. Help me to believe, Daddy. Forgive my unbelief in Jesus’ name. Create a clean heart and a right spirit within me.

I love You, Daddy God. I want so much to please You. I don’t want to be stubborn and rebellious, yet like Paul I so often find myself doin’ just that. Thank You for forgiveness, Daddy.

Let me rest in You, Jesus. Help me find my peace in You, Daddy God. I just need to lay here a little while….

Read: Matthew 11:28-30

Pray for those weighed down by life.

©Annette Harness