“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.”
I guess it hit me because sometimes these days I get weary. Not weary in well doing, but just tired. Most of the time from too much playing, but tired nonetheless. It hit me yesterday when I had to take a 2 hour nap to get some energy back in my tired body after playing tennis for awhile in the morning.
My wife and I have been married for 56 years, and, for the great majority of that time, she has done all the work around the house. So, a couple of years back, I decided that I should step up and help her in the kitchen, taking care of all the clean up, which is no great task when there is only two of us to mess it up.
That evolved into doing some of the cooking, under supervision of course, and this I have been doing. I am not good, but have learned a couple of things about opening cans and using the microwave. Even the stove and crock pot are not strangers anymore.
All of this has led me to a new appreciation of stay at home moms, and dads too. I can look back and see my wife in this role for over 50 years, especially the ones when we had 3 kids at home. Just the simple task of deciding what to have for our main meal is taxing, not to mention the actual getting it all on the table. I even understand the great thrill when someone says, "let's go out to dinner tonight".
Even though it is a long stretch from Matthew 11 to this discourse, those were my thoughts as I read the verse, and I take off my hat to those moms and dads who do it over and over again on a daily basis. Don't get weary but "Learn the unforced rhythms of grace". God is there with you.
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