Gospel Reading today Mathew 11:28-30
"For the yoke I will give you is easy and the load I put on you is light." Mathew 11:30
I have never noticed until this morning the pictures in my bible that are above this verse. There is a sketched figure of a man carrying a heavy box, another with a cane, another man bent down with his hand on his head in distress and then a woman with three children around her feet and carrying another. One little one is reaching up at her mother to hold her but the mother is carrying the baby. There are so many times I am holding Anna Claire and Clementine wants to be held as well. So what do I do? I pick up Clementine and hold one on each hip for a few minutes. I am small in stature and this isn't easy, but we mothers will go to great lengths to carry our heavy loads. This is one of my most favorite verses in the bible. As I was meditating on this verse this morning in prayer, I was thinking that the load of motherhood that God gives us is not light.....it is quite heavy. Children constantly "needing" something from us all through the day.....the whines, the cries, the exhaustion of no sleep, the ever flowing things to be picked up, dishes to be done, and the list goes on of the heavy load that we mothers have. However, it dawned on me that WE are the ones that make the load heavier than it is suppose to be. We have so many distractions and we put SO many other duties and things on our plate that we are the ones that make it stressful and heavy to carry. Since my computer has strangely vanished from my home, I notice my load is lighter. Since I don't pile all kinds of camps, activities, play dates on my schedule, I notice my load is lighter. In all honestly, if we soley focus on the load that the Lord gives us in caring for our husband, children and our home, the load is manageable. Is it easy, no? But nothing that is worth anything in life is easy to obtain. Growing a child in your womb is not easy but the outcome is beautiul. Growing your own business is not easy, but the outcome of the Lord's Will is awesome. Pretty much anything the Lord asks of us is not easy, but He helps us each and every moment with the tasks given to us to help us carry the Load. It is we humans, especially in today's society, that make the load so much heavier.
So today, start simplifing your life. Get rid of all of the distractions that are keeping you from your "load" at the moment. You will find a much more peaceful and tranqil heart. God says he is "gentle and humble" in spirit. He is not asking you to have such a heavy load but live a gentle, humble and simple life. Our Blessed Mother is constantly telling us this in her messages of Medjugorje for the past 29 years. She says:
"If you want to be very happy, live a simple, humble life, pray a great deal, do not delve into your problems, but let yourselves be guided by God." She is our Heavenly Mother always gently guiding us closer to her Son. She is clearly tellling us to not complicate our lives but live only for Jesus. I will share with you a message I believe that was placed on my heart from Our Lord Jesus in Eucharistic Adoration in Medjugorje. "Live like no one is watching but Me." That is my new motto! I am not hear to please anyone outside my domestic cathedral (my home). I am here to only please God first, my husband second and children third....the rest is just bonus and in God's timing, not my own complicated timing. "Charity begins at Home."-Mother Theresa.
I do love not having a computer in my home but I also terribly miss writing daily for Jesus. I am still in the works on getting a new computer, but taking my time because I am actually relishing in the peace.
Blessings to you all this Thursday! Keep on being warriors for your family. By being warriors for your family, you are warriors for this Nation. For we are the ones raising the next generation. Please ad our country and our soldiers in your daily prayers. The state of our Nation is crucial and it is up to the prayer warriors of our nation to make things change. "Pray, Pray, Pray" as Our Lady of Heaven says frequently!
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