What is the “burden” in Mathew 11:28?
New insight for me, exciting!
Author: Garry
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Resonate
A lot of my posts may seem a bit random, and they are! They are just things or topics that spark my interest. I think that generally blogs have a theme that golf all the posts together. More like my “journey” blog. This blog, not so much.
Up until now I’ve put a lot of these posts in the “grab bag” catagory. But really, these posts are something that for what ever reason “resonate” with me, things hat I think are important to me. Most likely they are of little or no importance to others.
These resonating posts are a breadcrumb trail of my life and thoughts. Not everthing, but some things. Perhaps one day they will be more important to others.
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Trust or Control.
From today’s devotion…
The problem, however, is that trust and control do not coexist. You can have control or you can have trust, but you can’t have both. This presents a challenge considering that throughout scripture, God’s instruction to us is to trust Him. In fact, we often see that God’s guidance does not include the final picture nor are all the details known.
Following God surrendering control to Him.
With long life He will satisfy me.
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He is mighty to save…
when I need saving.
When I enter into the arena of anxiety about a possible issue, it’s as if I’m going into battle alone against that issue. His strength and power is available to us as we need it. I have seen Him provide peace, strength, and help so many times in my life when I needed it. But His Word does not promise strength and help before we need it. I might be facing the news of a bad diagnosis and all of the health challenges that come along with it, but until I am actually facing it, I do not have His strength and help for this particular issue or crisis. This reminder has helped me relinquish fears and trust that no matter what happens, He is mighty to save…when I need saving.
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Thanksgiving: Thankful
I’m happy to be Yours. That closing sentence really resonated with me this morning during devotions when this prayer came up from the list.
Thank you
I’m grateful
Jesus, thank You for Your life on earth—for the time You spent teaching us, loving us, and suffering on our behalf. I’m grateful You made a way for us to have an eternal relationship with You. You are my everything—I’m happy to be Yours. Amen.
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Help me live a life that reflects who you are
“God, I know your desires and plans for my life are much better than what I could come up with on my own. Show me the best way to live, and give me a genuine desire to follow your ways. Help me live a life that reflects who you are. Amen.”
From Pray Through the Psalms: Day 13 • Devotional
The “help me to live a life” caught my attention. Don’t we all need help in how we live our life?
And then there was one of my favorite verses.
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My Mom
Every time I come to this verse I think about my Mom.
On one of the rare times we talked about faith, it was just the two of us and she shared about driving home from the funeral of her brother Ken in Montreal. She said this verse got her through some tough time.
“I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there? (No!)
My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!”
Psalms 121:1-2 NLT
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Resurrection needs death
this is the paradoxical way Ezekiel’s story unfolds. Maybe that’s how it goes for all of us. We hold in tension the beauty of resurrection against a backdrop of death. Because resurrection is only necessary if we go through death. We must face the weight and terror of death to behold the beauty of resurrection. The two are inextricably linked.
Valleys: Find Courageous Conviction in Life’s Lows: Day 5 • Devotional
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Happy
What makes you happy? Well, maybe not “happy” but some other kind of feeling like content, secure, mellow or perhaps it is some form of happy, This is a bit of an unusual “happy” but it’s these knives.
My Pen Knives I’ve had these two knives for quite a long time, I don’t exactly know how long but quite some time. I think they were gifts, for sure one of them was and I may have bought the other one. I believe my mom and/or a special aunt gave the knife to me. I think at one time they both had the brown plastic / fake leather case but now there is only one.
These are great title knives and I usually have one of them in my jean pocket.
However, from time to time one of them goes “missing”. In these times I find my level of “happiness” decreases a bit because I’m sad that I can’t find the knife that has become a special treasure in my life. On occasion both of them go AWOL and this causes quite a bit of consternation.
They are usually discovered on a closet floor having slipped out of the pocket or in a pair of jeans that have been left at the lake or jeans that have been put away in a drawer or at the bottom of a stack of other jeans.
In any case, missing knive(s) is a significant event in my life and re-discovering both knives brings a special type of satisfaction or happiness. Over the years they have come and gone for varying lengths of time. Currently, they are both “home”. In the full scheme of things this is a tiny thing and hard to explain but it’s still a “thing” to me.
I know nobody cares about this but for some reason I needed to put it down to get it documented and out of my system. Perhaps a future generation will find this curiously interesting. Or not.
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Eternity
Where will you spend it?
Today’s devotion also lead to reading about Arthur Stace, Mr. Eternity. I highly recommend giving it a read.
And as things do on the web it lead to a look at Copperplate Script which lead to a calligraphy course which I might try.