Hey reader …
did you know that we are in the midst of a pandemic?
did you know that Christmas is coming … but so much of what is part of our Christmas season, is not going to be the same as previous years?
do you feel tired?
Someone has said,
I saw this quote awhile back and it has been tossing and turning in my thoughts.
I think it stuck with me because … I am tired and
all I want for Christmas is to stop being tired
Do you know what I mean?
Do you feel the fatigue too?
I am tired of:
- missing family
- longing to travel
- telling students to pull their face masks over their noses
- death counts and numbers in hospital ICU
- missing singing as a congregation
- the days that are dark and gloomy and short on light
- words like cohorts, bubble and anti-maskers
- Christ-followers who are focused on ‘their’ rights in a broken world
- the people who just won’t do what must be done so that we can be together
- this pandemic … all of it
And when I focus on these things … then I feel even more tired!
When I focus on Christ, though I am still tired, I feel something else, something that provides strength, comfort and purpose.
When Christ is the focus of my thoughts, my prayers and my attention I have a relief of this tiredness through the peace that only he can provide …. an acceptance of God’s control in my life, in the lives of those I love … all in the midst of a pandemic.
When I give my attention and thoughts to the peace of Christ, I begin to experience relief of some of the fatigue. And through my reception of this peace, the tiredness isn’t as intense, isn’t the focus.
Peace I leave with you;
my peace I give you.
I do not give to you as the world gives.
Do not let your hearts be troubled
and do not be afraid.
John 14:27
“Come to me,
all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.“
Matthew 11:28
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