Weary & Heavy Laden

Life is not perfect- nor will it ever be perfect. I know this, but sometimes, I just can't stomach it. For a few days I've been in a funk that I can't seem to shake...and I know it's because I'm weary...& heavy laden...and I need to bring it to the feet of our savior...and cling to the hem of his garment. But I have to be real, sometimes it's hard.

I need these words in my bucket...I need them poured into my soul...

["Come to me all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest in your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."]

Matthew 11:28-30

Y'all- my heart is in labor.

And it's heavy. It's heavy for so many things, so many people, and so many situations. And all I want to do is fix them. Every bit of them!

But I can't & that is hard. It's actually stressing me out to no end. It's consuming my thoughts, and it's consuming my heart. I'm literally aching.

In the midst of all of this weariness, I've realized that I'm continuing to forget something pretty important...I'm forgetting Jesus. I'm forgetting the gospel. I'm forgetting that in anything, HE is the answer. No matter what happens, no matter what the outcome, HE is good.

Lord,
Forgive my forgetfulness, forgive my wondering-weary soul.
I come bringing my laboring heart. It's all yours.
Give me rest.
I take your yoke. I will learn from you.
Give me your gentle and lowly heart.
My soul will find rest.
Your yoke is easy and your burden is light.
You are rest.

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me.

For in you my soul takes refuge,
in the shadow of your wings I will take
refuge, 

till the storms of destruction pass by.

I cry out to God Most High

to God who fulfills his purpose for me.

He will send from heaven and save me;

he will put to shame him who tramples on me.

God will send out his steadfast love and

his faithfulness.

Psalm 57:1-8

Rest. Take refuge in the shadow is his wings.