Are You Feeling Overburdened?

Is the weight of the world too heavy on your shoulder? Have you come to a point where there is no one to help you to relieve your pain? Are you jaded? Augustine of Hippo describes his weariness as following:

My soul was a burden, bruised and bleeding.

It was tired of the man who carried it, but I found no place to set it down to rest.

Neither the charm of the countryside nor the sweet scents of a garden could soothe it.

It found no peace in song or laughter, none in the company of friends at table or in the pleasures of love, none even in books or poetry.

Everything …….. was dull and distasteful.

If you feel anything like the above, well, this week you are invited by Jesus personally to come to Him.

Why should you come to Jesus?

Augustine affirms that he found rest in Christ “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”

John reminds us that only Christ can give us peace in the midst of our troubles “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled” Jn 14:27

Jeremiah tells us that God knows the future and He has a plan for us “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” Jer 29:11