July 16, 2020
Thursday for the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Our Lady of Mount Carmel—Memorial wey no be Must
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Jesus talk say: “Make all of una wey dey work hard and carry heavy load come meet Me, and I go give una rest.” Matthew 11:28
This invitation from Jesus na one wey we fit need to hear plenty more times pass as we think. Na gentle invitation to allow our Lord make the load wey we dey carry every day light, ease our worry, our stress, our concerns and everything wey dey weigh us down. Na invitation of love and mercy, and we suppose always accept am.
Wetin be the load wey you dey carry? Wetin dey weigh you down and tempt you to fall into depression, sorrow or even lose all hope? Something dey wey you dey think about so much that you no fit stop? Any worry dey wey you no fit seem to put aside? No matter wetin dey trouble your heart, Jesus want take am off you.
Sometimes, we fit dey go through life with heavy loads wey we dey fear to put down. We fit dey fear to come meet Jesus and fear to allow Am enter our life. To come meet Jesus mean say we must face anything wey dey weigh us down with honesty, without hiding anything, and we must face these heavy loads for Jesus presence.
But the main thing wey we need to know be say Jesus dey gentle, E get mercy, and E dey generous with forgiveness and grace. The way E dey long to take our heavy load off us pass the way we dey long for the load to comot. E dey see the oppression wey plenty people dey face, and E deeply desire make that oppression end.
Today, take time think about that gentle invitation from Jesus: “Come meet Me.” Come meet Am without fear and without delay. Hand everything over to Am and allow Am put things in order. E love you pass as you know, and E go put your feet for the right road.
Lord, I truly come meet You, and I put my life and every heavy load down before You. I give You my life, my hopes, my fears, my past, my future and everything wey dey worry me. Jesus, I give You everything. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Picture: Christ Consolator wey Carl Heinrich Bloch paint
