A moment to reflect........
by Morag Cameron


“‘Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.’

Matthew 11: 28 (NRSV)”


“These are words of Jesus that we all need to hear. We need to hear these words because they speak into the depths of the experience of so many of us at this time.

“The words create a picture in the mind’s eye.
“The picture is of ourselves in the times when we are indeed weary and burdened by the particular loads that we have to bear.

“Alongside this, the picture is of the One who offers to us rest.

“The picture is of human need met by divine promise and finds its context in the affirmation that Jesus is the One who knows the Father and holds in God’s trust all that has been committed to him.

“He holds our lives in his keeping and offers renewal to those who seek his presence. (Matthew 11: 25-30)

“Wherever we are and whatever our load, the promise of Jesus is that we will find his renewing presence.”

Prayer

We pray:

Lord, we come to you as we are
For we can come no other way.
We come acknowledging the burdens we carry
And trusting in your promise of rest.
Lord, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.

Lord, we come to you
In the sure knowledge that we are not alone.
We come in the company
Of all who know the challenge of these days.
Lord, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.

Lord, we come to you
Acknowledging that you have already come to us.
We journey to the place where you are to be found
And rediscover that you have always been with us.
Lord, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.

Lord, we come to you
As the One who knows our past and sees our present.
Set us free from that which binds us to our past
And liberate us to serve you in the present.
Lord, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.

Lord, we come to you
Through the One who is the same, yesterday, today and forever.
May he hold our lives safe
As we embrace the future and the promise of his rest.
Lord, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
 

Amen











 

A verse for each day for you, from members of the congregation:

Look to the Lord

"Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. "

1 Chronicles 16.11 NIV





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O Lord hear my prayer

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