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"Give it a Rest"


I am musing about....

A Spoon-holder. 

Yep:)  When we travel, I like to purchase something that is practical, something that I can use, and as I use it, it can remind me of a sweet and memorable time.

And so, recently I purchased a ceramic spoon holder; it is coming in handy, easy to wash, works well...

But on that spoon holder (written in colors that go with my kitchen, yes, I am a little OCD that way:) )....it says, "Give it a rest, Right here".

A place to lay down my spoon, soiled from the workings of stirring and blending, a place to let it rest...

I know. We are talking about a spoon here. :)

But, I think you know where I am going with this. Where do we take our busy lives, soiled by the stirrrings and blendings of our day to day interactions and commitments, and "give it a rest"? 

How blessed we are that we can lay them at the cross. Give them all to Jesus. Our ups, our downs, our joys, our concerns, our questions, our supposed answers, our dreams, our hopes, our aspirations, our struggles, our everything...

Give them to Jesus. Lay them down. Give it a rest...

"Come unto me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matt. 11:28


                                                    




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