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When you haven't a breath
left in you
to battle the long day ahead,
the Lord waits with arms wide
open
and a place to lay down your
head.
When you're smothered with
work and worry,
overwhelmed by the tasks at
hand,
He awaits your invitation.
At your call, He comes where
you stand.
When the pressures of life are
crushing
and your soul cries out for
grace,
the Lord will ease your
earthbound woes
and offer you breathing space.
Work and worry choke the
life out of our days when we
allow them to consume all the
minutes of our hours. The time
between the rise of the sun
and the rise of the moon
offers no joy. The time
between the rise of the moon
and rise of the sun offers no
rest. We push past our
physical and emotional limits,
leave our souls in the dust.
Life was not designed to
crush the breath out of a
human being. God breathed life
into us, knowing full well,
the burdens the world would
put upon us. In His great
wisdom, He built a safe haven
and a support system into the
plan.
We were not dropped in the
center of Creation as an
afterthought, as detailed
decorations on the blueprint
of a masterful plan. Each and
every one of us is an
intrinsic part of the Master's
plan. None disposable. None
dispensable.
Matthew 11:28 says,
"Come unto me, all ye that
labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest."
The offer isn't exclusive
to one particular group.
Neither status or standing,
race or gender makes you
automatically eligible or
ineligible for the offer. God
doesn't recognize the labels
we put on ourselves and He
doesn't deal in gray areas.
All means all, every last one
of His precious children.
When days are joyless,
nights restless, and life
feeling more like a curse than
a spiritual journey, God has
not walked away. We have
forgotten, that wherever we
are, He is there.
Regardless of the length of
time we fail to see Him or
purposefully ignore Him, God's
offer stands. For as long as
we have breath left in our
bodies, God's offer is good.
He is a patient Father,
ever waiting for us to come
home, ever waiting for us put
down the burdens of the world
and accept His offer of rest.
© 2002 Terri McPherson
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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