{"id":74,"date":"2018-12-01T19:07:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T19:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnclawton.org\/blog\/?p=74"},"modified":"2018-12-21T03:57:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T03:57:05","slug":"much-needed-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johnclawton.org\/blog\/much-needed-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Much Needed Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/johnclawton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC015-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johnclawton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC015-300x222.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johnclawton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC015-600x444.jpg 600w, http:\/\/johnclawton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC015-768x569.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johnclawton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSC015-1024x758.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Matthew 11:28-30<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As a young mom, I know that you start to think you will never sleep again.&nbsp; Sleep deprivation and little people go together.&nbsp; But life has a way of robbing us of more than just sleep.&nbsp; It taught me not to trust.&nbsp; It taught me to fear.&nbsp; &nbsp;Rest for our souls is available, though, as we learn of Him.&nbsp; I have experienced the truth of this verse as I have studied who Jesus is.&nbsp; I can trust Him through the trials where I couldn&#8217;t before.&nbsp; I can rest in His character&nbsp; when I don&#8217;t understand.&nbsp; As David often did in the Psalms, I can go back to what I know about who God is when everything is going wrong and I just don&#8217;t understand.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve found rest to my weary soul in Christ.<\/p>\n<p>After He tells us to learn of Him, He tells us a little about Himself.&nbsp; He is meek and lowly in heart.&nbsp; I looked up meek. It means mild, gentle and humble.&nbsp; I looked up lowly in heart and it means not rising far from the ground, of low degree, or lowly in spirit; serving others.&nbsp; I was reminded of the story of Jesus having a woman taken in adultery brought to Him.&nbsp; He didn&#8217;t respond as the others in judgment and finger pointing.&nbsp; He didn&#8217;t look down on her.&nbsp; He stooped and wrote on the ground.&nbsp; After he redirected the men judging her to their own sin, he forgave her and said go and sin no more.&nbsp; The creator of the universe stooped down to sinful mankind to free them from sin.<\/p>\n<p>If you have never come to Him, Jesus says come, you can find rest for your souls.&nbsp; Most importantly is in salvation;&nbsp; Come to Him for righteousness.&nbsp; Stop labouring to be good enough.&nbsp; He will give you His perfection if you turn from sin and self to Him.&nbsp; If life has taught you not to trust, learn of Him.&nbsp; Study His character and you will find Him trustworthy.&nbsp; The best people let us down, but God has never let me down.&nbsp; Come to Him tired Moms.&nbsp; He can meet your every need. 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