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Lean, you who are weary and heavy laden with frosty freight and glacial encumbrance; leaning shows not your weakness, but your wisdom, for I whose arm is strong delight to share of my Resources. Lean, not on your own understanding, but on Mine. Incline your head and heart, and in the leaning, you will find…
Lean,
you who are weary and heavy laden
with frosty freight
and glacial encumbrance;
leaning shows
not your weakness,
but your wisdom,
for I whose arm is strong
delight to share of my Resources.
Lean,
not on your own understanding,
but on Mine.
Incline your head and heart,
and in the leaning,
you will find rest.
A nice poetic rendering of the Matthew 10, “come unto me, all you who are weary…” So it seems to me anyway.
One of my favourite passages ever. Nice catch.
I use it in prayer regularly. It’s a good reminder of the backdrop of invitation and grace against which we lean our needy lives.
‘S true!
Good reminder to lean. I’ve read about leaning into the fear but I like this better. That is beautiful frost.
Isn’t it? Thanks Lyle! 🙂
What a cheery picture and comforting words, Melody! I sure love those blue skies in the background of your beautiful pictures… We have not seen the sun since Saturday.
Blessings ~ Wendy
We haven’t seen it for a while either – snow/rain/wind/grey has been the norm. When the sun shines, I snap extras! 🙂
Great idea! That’s what I do with snowfalls; but I think I might need to stock up on sunshine, too, next time. 😉
The snow today was awesome – HUGE flakes coming down incredibly lazily – so I caught a few! 🙂
I’ll be back…
I love this–leaning is definitely good, so much better than working up a sweat trying to do it all myself!
Indeed – I’m allergic to working up a sweat – sounds too much like exercise. *shudder*
Yeah, sweating is not my thing at all. I had to clean up a mess today–a plant that fell behind the back of two stacked tables–the vacuum cleaner wasn’t happy, and I got disproportionately sweaty for such a small job. Sheesh!!
‘Disproportionately sweaty’ – hee hee! Love it!
Thought you might like that–actually, I had the oven on (baking brownies for new neighbor), and I think the heat was on too. The window was open, but I was working fast–my only speed, when doing housework (or anything I don’t like).
If I move in, will you bake for me, too? *hopeful inflection*
This was gorgeous, Melody! Thank you for encouraging us to lean today!
I am encouraging myself to lean, too… I forget.
Ah, sweet comfort.
Indeed! Thanks… 🙂
Very nice poem indeed.
Thank you very much 🙂
Love this one!!
Thanks Daisy!
Great poem!
Thanks so much! 🙂
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