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Something Funny Happened...

 

I am musing about writing...

"Something funny happened"...

Isn't that a good way to draw someone to your post?

It is light hearted, and bodes of fun and likely laughter.

We all love that right?

My last post was kind of heavy, somewhat deep, skirting controversial issues, yet pointing back to Truth and hope and Jesus.

I was ready for something light hearted and fun. Are you?

 So here is a funny little situation that I can share...

But first a disclaimer. This is not laugh out loud hilariously funny, so don't expect too much. It is simply a cute, ironic fun little story. Something "light-hearted" if you will :)

So, last week I headed out to our daughter and her family in IN. and was blessed to watch their three precious and energetic little boys while they had an afternoon and evening away. You see, our daughter decided to surprise her hubby by attending an event that she knew he would enjoy. She purchased tickets and wrote on the calendar to "keep open" (or something like that). When our son-in-law saw that on the calendar, he thought "oh no!" For he had actually done the same thing; purchased tickets to the same event with the hope of surprising her:)  I thought that was so cute. Great minds thinking alike. Thankfully, they were able to sell back one set of tickets. They had a great time.

The only point I want to make with all of this...is simply to share a cute and fun little story. To have a light hearted post.

But I do have a Spiritual perspective that I just can't help but share.

Even as we all crave the blessing and joy of being light hearted and not weighed down with the cumbersome trials and challenges that can sometimes be part of this earthly life, we can find great encouragement as we reflect on the Truth of the following scriptures.

"Cast all your care on him for he cares for you"  1 Peter 5:7

"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give your rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls. for my yoke is easy and my burden is light."  Matt. 11:28-30

Let's quickly unpack these Truths.

Picture this. We are going along through life. Challenges, heartaches, burdens and concerns start to weigh down upon us. Are you with me? Have you been there? Are you there? I would venture to say, in one way or other, we all are!

Then we stop. We pray. We open up to God. We share our heart. We intentionally cast our burdens, concerns, heartaches and challenges over to Him. With renewed faith, we recognize our relationship with Him. That as His child we are under His yoke, He is with us, beside us, feeling and knowing the same burdens, concerns and heartaches. He is there. And with that comes a sense that the burden feels lighter. After all, it is He who is bearing it. So we let Him do the guiding and we thankfully lean in on Him and once again, in the midst of life's challenges....

we find ourselves with a sense of  Holy peace, and maybe even a light- heartedness.

May we all lean into our yoke bearer Jesus today.



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