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SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." [Matthew 11:28]
THREE words—"Come to me." Notice that it's only three words. There is no if or only or when. Jesus said, "Come to me." That means you can come to him with anything. Better than that, you should come to him with everything. We think we need to reserve coming to Jesus for when we've hit bottom. Jesus didn't say that. Every possible thing can be brought to Jesus—the smallest concern, the grandest gratitude—everything. And there's not a mile-long list of instructions, rules, or ceremonies. Jesus just gave one simple invitation, "Come."
OZ (Oswald Chambers) says:
How often have you come to God with your requests and gone away with the feeling—Oh, well, I have done it this time! And yet you go away with nothing, whilst all the time God has stood with outstretched hands not only to take you, but for you to take Him. Think of the invincible, unconquerable, unwearying patience of Jesus—"Come unto Me."
JUST BETWEEN YOU AND GOD
Do you have anything you haven't brought to God because you thought it was a waste of his time? Nothing is too small. "Come to me" means with anything that's on your heart. Try it.
Taken from "Everything Counts" by Steven Case, copyright 2003, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here: http://www.youthspecialties.com/product/254086
SURF REPORT
~ The history of Labor Day
http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm
~ Juggler
an online juggling game
http://www.coldtomatoes.com/games/juggler/pongleur5.swf
FORGETTABLE FACT
It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs!
POTENT QUOTABLES
"God's work done God's way will never lack God's supply."
- Hudson Taylor
"I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker."
- Helen Keller
PARTING SHOT
A procrastinator's work is never done.
*All "surf report" internet links and "potent quotables" are provided for informational purposes, and do not imply endorsement by Youth Specialties.
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