What is burdening you today? What is weighing you down? What has become so overwhelming you just can’t cope? Maybe it’s not your burden. Maybe you’re carrying the burden of someone else. How is that robbing you of your joy? How has it eatin’ away your peace? Do you see the possibility of a change for the better in the near future? Would you like to see a change for the better?
Jesus says in the scripture today, “Come to me all you who are weary and find life burdensome and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon your shoulders and learn from me for I am meek and humble of heart.” Do you believe this? Have you really tried to turn the burden in your life over to Jesus? Are you willing to give up the control you have on these burdens and allow the Lord to carry them for you?
Perhaps you are willing but don’t know how! So let me give you a bit of help. Take a moment. Find that quiet place in your house, free from all distractions. If that’s impossible, come and sit before the Blessed Sacrament. Close your eyes and imagine Jesus standing before you. Whoever or whatever is the burden, place it before His feet. Let Him know you want to be free of this and you need His help. (The key here is to give up all control of this burden...once you give it to Jesus, you cannot take it back). You see this is the way we become FREE! But every time we start to take it back, God will freely give it back. Is that what you want?
True freedom means giving up control and learning to not be a victim of our own struggles. Let’s pray for one another that we can rely more on Christ and less on ourselves. In this way we can be free of our burdens and take on the yoke of Christ, which is easy and light!
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