Life, it seems, is all too often little more than a series of burdens that we must try to endure and make the most out of. In this age of self sufficiency we are often left to our own devices to cope and encouraged to look within to find the strength to get through it all. Trouble is there are some burdens we just can't do anything about. Try as we might, they continue to 'haunt' us to the point of despair.
St Paul knew this well when he said, " I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate." He was, of course, speaking very specifically about the burden of his continued struggle with sin - a burden that saw him failing to resist sin as he truly desired. A burden he was powerless to overcome.
Into our burdensome existence the Lord Jesus speaks and says, 'Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.' This Sunday we will be focusing on how this rest Jesus offers us can transform our burdened lives.
Divine Service will begin at 8.30am.
God's peace,
Pastor Matt
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