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day 3K58: Feeling Rotary

“Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.”

Last week I got pretty sick.  From all of the symptoms it was lining itself up to be a breakthrough COVID case (I’m Double Vaxxed and Boostered) and I must admit, it was scary.  Fortunately, after two negative COVID tests and a slug of antibiotics, the Upper Respiratory Infection (URI) I had, after a long week, started to subside.  I was thankful it only ended up being the URI.  As I laid in the bed day after day, not really able to do anything other than think and pray, I thought of a slang term I’d heard when a character on TV was slow on the uptake; “Feeling Rotary”.  I realized that it was a good descriptor of how I felt when I couldn’t concentrate enough to even read, didn’t feel like talking and wanted to do nothing but let the time pass.  We get so used to “Feeling Digital” when information flows incessantly and fast and we are demanded to be up to date, and one step ahead at all times.  So, when we are forced to “Feeling Rotary” the impact can be strongly felt.  We all, at one time or another, are forced to slow it down and take it easy.  And, that happens not just because of an illness.  When it happens to us, maybe rather than fight it we can choose to look at “Feeling Rotary” as a short term gift of respite that won’t last for long.

We all carry heavy burdens.  So many people are good at not showing the load that they have.  Others, we can see it daily and we reach and help out the best we can.  And, then we try at the same time to balance it with our own load that with one misstep or gust of wind from the wrong direction, will knock us off our feet.  God doesn’t want that to happen to us so He asks that we bring those burdens to Him to carry them for us.  These next few weeks can feel like some of the heaviest of the year as we prepare for the Holidays and wrapping up a work year.  Let’s not miss all that the Christmas season can be by trying to overdo it or carry it all on our own.  Let’s let God help us through so that the end of this year we don’t end up “Feeling Rotary”.

Reference:  Matthew 11:28 (New Living Translation)