My Resting Place...

"In those days and in that time," says the LORD,

"The children of Israel shall come,

They and the children of Judah together;

With continual weeping they shall come,

And seek the LORD their God.

5 They shall ask the way to Zion,

With their faces toward it, saying,

'Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD

In a perpetual covenant

That will not be forgotten.'

6 "My people have been lost sheep.

Their shepherds have led them astray;

They have turned them away on the mountains.

They have gone from mountain to hill;

They have forgotten their resting place.—Jeremiah 50:4-6

They have forgotten their resting place...i know these verses are from yesterday’s reading but the Lord put them front and center this morning.  When I was little (decades ago) my mom was my resting place.  When I was in school the church became my resting place...I attended a Catholic school and would spend most mornings before school attending mass with a very small number (5 or 6) of other parishioners.  I sat in the back and was the only child.  I really didn’t listen to the mass...being there and starting my day in God’s  house was my resting place.  There were no demands there...just sameness and peace.  His yoke was easy and his burden light.  As I got older my heart turned away, my feet became restless and my resting place was forgotten.  The Lord, however, did not forget me.   He drew me with cords of kindness out of the muck and the mire, clothed me with His righteousness and brought me home to his heart...my true resting place.  

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah --Psalm 32:7

 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. --Psalm 91:1