Thoughts for another day

March 6, 2009.

Today's verse: Mt. 11:28. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

When I look around and see the trouble people are in, I feel sad about this world. What do the common people face? What’re their problems? I won’t note them here as the list would be too long and we’re all acquainted with them as we too have our problems. Another thing, when I read this verse, I always felt that it was for others, not for me as we believe we are always invincible till the moment something strikes us.

But first, to talk of problems people have: It is so tough to live these days, everything is expensive and people have reconciled to the fact that they need to have very simple meals every day and no frills whatsoever. Children in slums don’t even know what a good quality chocolate means. The elderly have their money taken away and left with nothing and none to care for them. Youth are involved with drugs, immorality and the like with not even a sense of what’s right or wrong. Parents of these youth have their own sets of problems which when they share, you realise the worthlessness of their lives…It all amounts to nothing.

Then I think of my problems. At home. At work. In the community and elsewhere. I spend money on an object and it turns out to be fake and so on. Where O Lord will Your people and I find solace is my cry to the Lord. I’m even aghast to notice the scant respect people have for God when I see them talking inside the church even as others are praying. What has it all come to? I think they are signs of what’s in store for us unless we urgently heed Jesus’ message asking us to go to Him.

See, He alone has our comfort. He alone knows our distress and our trouble and He can provide comfort that lasts. Truly in today’s context it’s essential we go to Him. I for one, sit with Him every day. Maybe, I don’t pray that much but merely sitting at His feet gives me the confidence of having Him with me every moment. And honestly, His burden is far lighter than any other; and mind you, He’ll even carry your baggage if you but, ask.