Rest for the Weary

[Matthew 11:27-30]

"All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

We spend our entire lives searching, hoping, dreaming.
So often we find ourselves searching for something ... but we don't know what it is.
So often we find ourselves hoping ... yet we're not sure what we are hoping in.
So often we find ourselves dreaming ... not for today ... but for tomorrow ... for what we cannot see ... for what could be.
Yet ... we know what we need, we know what we want, and we know what we have been longing for all along ... Love

We search for love. We hope for love. We dream of love. We need love.
No matter how defeated our lives may seem ... there is hope ... for as much as we long for love, love longs for us.

Love comes to us in times of need. Love comes to us when all seems lost. Love comes to us in the moment of defeat, in the moment of brokenness.
When all else has failed for us ... Love comes to the rescue ... with a gentle whisper it speaks comfort to our hearts and it pours peace over our souls. Love picks us up, puts us back on our own two feet, ands coaxes us to "come, follow me".

For love does not know how to fail ... "love always hopes, always trusts, always perserveres. Love never fails."
Jesus Christ is the love of the world. Jesus is love. He is not a religious icon. He's not a historical figure. He's not some belief system, He's far greater than that.

Jesus is God's son. Jesus is God.
"If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. There is no fear in love because perfect love drives out all fear..." {1 John 4:15-18}

Jesus doesn't request anything demanding of you. All he desires is your faith and your love.
He "chooses" to reveal his love to you ... so that you will be where he is ... both now and forever.
Jesus desires to give you rest, peace, and perfect love.

Come to Jesus, Follow Him ... for his teaching is easy and his burden is light ... and you will find rest for your souls in Him.
For He is love and love never fails. :)