Dear Heidi,
You know how you didn’t want to go to the bookstore yesterday but you went anyway because you had forgotten until the last minute that you promised two people you’d pick up books for them? You thought it was just one more forgotten thing on the to-do list, but it wasn’t. It was Me. I wanted you to go. I had something for you to find. And you found exactly what I wanted you to find – the line in which an author says I told him to let My love heal his heart. That’s exactly what I want you to do, too. Let my love heal your heart.
Let my love heal your heart.
Please.
Sometimes you come to Me and quickly turn away because you feel more obligations – more things to do, more ways you’re not measuring up, more rules you have to follow. But I want you to know a secret. That’s not what I’m thinking about when you come to Me. And that’s not what I want you to think when you come to Me. In fact, if that’s what you’re thinking, you haven’t actually come to Me at all – you’ve come to your idea of me.
When you come to Me – truly come to Me – you will find rest. I do not pile more obligations on your plate. I do not give you a laundry list of things to do. I do not tell you what to do to start making the grade. You place all those burdens on yourself, substituting your guilty conscience for My voice. Get to know Me – the real Me. Then you will experience the rest I keep trying to offer but you keep pushing away in the name of “getting it all done.”
Remember. If your church stuff and your spirituality and your relationship with Me leave you feeling worn out, you’re not really having a relationship with Me. You’re living in a fantasy – or maybe a nightmare – in your head. Get back to the simple act of listening to Me and what I tell you personally – not what I tell your friend or your parents or the author of a book you like. Listen to Me and I promise life won’t be so tiring anymore.
Come to Me. Know Me. Find rest in Me. Let My love heal your heart.
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly. Matthew 11:28-30
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