Don't be a Donkey

A Donkey?!  What do you mean exactly?

Well, a donkey is a pack animal in that it carries a load for its master.  We read in Matthew 11:25-30 that Christ is talking about how the wise don't understand this concept but that little children do.  "Come to me all you who are HEAVY LADEN and I will give you rest."  My husband and I had a discussion last evening that wound around to him sharing with me that he feels badly when I do not take the time to relax.  I work all day long and into the evening just like every other Mom and wife.  He showed concern that I burden myself and work myself to exhaustion and am not taking care of myself like he would like to see me doing.  I understand a little more all the time that he loves me and that is why it upsets him that I am not taking care of myself.  To a man that is a measure of how we, as women, love them.  If I don't take care of myself, I am not showing him I love him.  Additionally, God doesn't measure our performance and our worth by how busy we are all the time.  He commanded us to take a break one day a week and rest from our labor.  We should not evaluate each other by how busy we are.  I love that Christ values the mindset of a child so much, too.

As a child, when they are exhausted, they come to a parent and want to be carried.  They lay on our shoulders in complete submission and quietness.  Oblivious to what is transpiring around them.  We pick them up and all their baggage (toys, clothes, books,etc) that they were toting along with them and carry them without complaint to a place where they can rest.  That is what Christ wants to do for us.

I challenge you to take care of yourself.  Show your Heavenly Husband how much you love Him by taking the time to rest.  Let the child in you lay your head on the Father's shoulder and let Him carry you off to a place to rest and recharge.  Just think about how much more productive and blessed you will be after a good rest!