Comfort Can Be a Lot More Than Coffee
(or Mac and Cheese, ice cream, flannel sheets, a warm house, a car that runs, a great book, nice neighbors, a tax refund, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .)
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. – Mathew 11:28
I’ve very much enjoyed the Tuesday afternoon Bible study led by Pastor David. Reading the Bible with a commentary in hand and a person who has spent most of his life reading the scriptures, has been a rich learning, spiritual experience. Last year we walked through the craziness of Samuel I and II. That is, Samuel acquiescing to the demands of the Hebrews to have a king, to choosing Saul as the first king, realizing that, oops, Saul was not the best choice, to choosing David whom as we remember wasn’t perfect but soooo much better than Saul and who was in love with the Lord.
This September we started Matthew which many of us thought we knew but when read slowly has much deeper meaning than we first realized. It is a long book with many sections some of which even non-Christians are familiar with such as the Sermon on the Mount and the Parables. My Good News Bible has references to where the same passages can be found in other parts of the Bible – a great tie in.
“Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.” We’ve heard this passage so many times, but how so very comforting in times of chaos. In composing the Messiah, Handel got it right to include these timeless words.
I shared with the group that I have a car which still has a CD player and I have the Messiah set to that section so I can, with a punch of the button, listen to these words when I’m in crazy traffic or just stressed. The scripture reminds me that I don’t have to do life alone
Vivian Anderson
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