He Gave ME Rest

I need to share.

Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

I wanted to take a moment to share my Saturday with you all. A little background, for those that don’t know, my wife and I have been having problems over the last year or so. In the beginning of November, she walked. Over these last months, I have struggled daily. I have done all that I can to give it over to God, but I have always had a bad habit of giving it to him, then taking it right back onto my own shoulders and trying to do it all myself, to fix it all myself. It was making physically sick for a long time. So, these last few months have been hard, trying to be a single dad of 3 little ones. Wow.
Ok, so Saturday, I am part a men’s bible study that we have every Saturday morning. I was leading the study. What God put on my heart the night before was the verses I put above. I did a lot of reading and looking and came up with the following.
What God is telling us is that we need to take our burdens, our trials, our problems, our hopes our worries and give them to him. He will take care of them. We do this through prayer, through praise, through letting go. He then tells us to take His yoke, he is telling us to do his will, it is easy, and through that we will find rest in him.
After the bible study, I went to church. We have a group of young men like myself that have been called into the ministry and service of the Lord. They go up every other Saturday and preach a sermon. Sometimes it’s only to ourselves, sometimes to a crowd. I have been meaning to make it to these, but I have not. Saturday, I went and I preached the same study.
That was twice that I gave the same message.
After that, my buddy JT asked me to help him go pick up some furniture. I went with him. We ended up over on a side of town I had not been on for years. It was where my wife and I would spend EVERY weekend out off roading. I mean every weekend. I cannot tell you how weird it was to be there. It was surreal to say the least.
So as we are heading back, I get a phone call from my wife. In short, she told me that she wanted to finish the separation, she wanted a divorce. I wont lie, I was pretty sure it was coming but it still felt like a Mack truck hitting my heart. We spoke for quite a while. It was not ugly, She was talking with me not at me.
So, there I sit in the truck. Thinking I should be destroyed, but you know what, I was OK. Right there I said a prayer out loud and told God it was his. And honestly, I meant it.
My point to all this is this. How amazing is it that the creator of all there is. God, who created everything, loves me so much that he took the time to come to me not once, but TWICE on that Saturday morning to get me ready for what was coming. He loves us that much. He is a personal God and will take the time to spend with each of us. He took me a journey that day. He showed me where I was, were I am and where I am going. He loves me that much.
He loves you that much. Give it to him, he will give you rest.
Nash