“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest. “ Matthew 11:28 (CSB)

Are you weary of the messed-up world we’re living in?  Are you burdened, stewing over the probability of the messed-up world your children and grandchildren will inherit?

What is the answer to that weariness and worry?  Our Bible has it – come to Jesus.  It’s that plain.  Come to Jesus and place that weariness in his hands because He tells us He will give us rest.

Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?  I’m not saying that putting the weariness and worry in His hands will make all the problems go away. 

We live in this messed-up world because of sin.  And although Christ paid the price for our sins, giving us the right to eternal life with Him, Satan’s minions are still around until that final day when Christ comes again to make all things new.  So sin is still present, it’s just that if we trust in Jesus, we can be assured that we, His children, though touched by that sin, do not have to give in to the world.  He will give us strength.  He will give us rest.

Last night, I had a real rough time, thinking thoughts that I know did not make my Savior pleased.  But I remembered that the Holy Spirit was there to help me – and through a lot of crying, a lot of prayer – a lot of asking for His help, He did help me.  He gave me peace.  I just had to come to Him humbly and remember what He has always said in His Bible. 

Oh, I’m so grateful that my church upbringing forced me to memorize scriptures.  Those scriptures come back at my lowest times.    I don’t know how many times I’ve recited in the night - 

Psalm 23 “the Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want.  

He makes me lie down in green pastures. 
He restores my soul.”  

Psalm 40:2 “He lifted me out of the slimy pit, 
out of the mud and mire; 
He set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.” 

1 Peter 5:7 “Cast all of your cares upon Him 
for He cares for you.”

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The Lord is my shepherd, my rock and my stay. 
He meets me at night when I’m lost on the way. 
He fills with His Spirit the heart’s empty nest 
when worry and weariness keep me from rest.

The Lord is my shepherd. 
He holds in His hand
a peace that will give quiet rest in this land.
He guides with His Spirit; He calms the heart’s fears 
when worry and weariness bring me to tears.

Friend, cast all your cares on 
The Maker, The One
who helps you to rest when you cry to His Son.
When you go to your Savior, His spirit draws near 
to ease your own weariness and to banish your fear. 

Love, Diane

Time or eternity!  We’re living in this world's time and God's eternity!  

God made us in His image. We have a soul, an eternal spirit, as well as an earthly body.  

But God planned life for mankind - an eternal life - with Him - for those who choose to be His children, or without Him, if we so choose.

Having lived in this earthly body for 85 years, I’m kind of tired, and I’m looking forward to that time when I step over the doorway into a life with my Savior, my God.  But I’m finding out that He is not through with me yet.  For some reason I still feel a connection to this earth.  So, though I am tired, I believe there is still work to do.  My only question is, what work?

I’m capable of “thinking, smiling, helping (sort of) and talking“– though not always out loud.  My interaction with friends and strangers can be the work that God has set out for me. Possibly?   But my conversations with Him are more important, since they impact everything on this “time/place” we call life.  They impact my attitude, my interaction with others, my judgements and my “work” for Him.

So I pray because I’m tired.  I pray because I don’t know what I am capable of doing while my time on earth is now.  And I pray -  because sometimes I feel that I am of no use to God. Sometimes I feel empty, and that feeling is not so bad because

That empty place within my heart -
is waiting for a mission - one I’m capable to fill.
I pray dear God, 
please show me how I’m meant to do Your will.

My God, I leave control to You,
and in your strength abide.
Please help me do my best for You,
to see my life the way You do,
and place my helplessness aside.

Father, God, Almighty Friend.
I smile and know You hear my prayers
 for wisdom, strength, desire,
 to know and do your will. 

The young and fit - You “run” with them.
And you’re
”walking” 
with me still.

I pray that “the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,”  Ephesians 1:17 (ESV) 

Love, Diane

He's the Rock

 

Isaiah 26:3-4
You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
    because he trusts in you.

Trust in the Lord forever,
    for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
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Sometimes life’s storms split my world in two,
or the riptide of fear steals the peace that I knew,
and the pain makes me look at myself not at you.
But
I’m told you’re the Rock.
You’re the God who cares,
who answers prayers.
 
That tide grips my life and I’m racing behind.   
This world’s noises torture my heart and mind.
But in this I will pray that Your peace I will find.
 
So I pray to the Rock.
You’re the God who cares,
who answers prayers.
 
 When I cry for the turmoil, the trials, to cease,
when I ask you, my God, for that blessed release,
I turn to you, Father, for your incomparable peace
 
And I know
 you’re the Rock.
You’re the God who still cares,
who loves all His children and answers their prayers.
 
May God bless you today with assurance that He hears.

Diane Oct 2025