Wednesday night

Invitations are the one of the most delightful forms of communication a person can receive, through a phone call or cute card. To know that somebody wants to share our company over a meal, or dessert, or special event, warms the heart. The invitations of our God and of His Son in Scripture are among the most uplifting words on which we can focus. One that specifically comes to mind during these days is found in Matthew 11:28 - "Come to me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Sometimes a single day's circumstances or events are enough to leave us with significant weight. We have the promise from the gentle Savior that He will provide sweet rest for our hearts and souls. He is able and willing and desiring to shoulder those things that we find weighing us down, sapping our strength, and draining us of physical and spiritual vitality. Along with rest comes His refreshment, which we are dearly invited to in Isaiah 55:1ff - "Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost...Listen carefully to Me and eat what is good, and delight yourself in abundance. Incline your ear and come to Me." As we respond to the Lord's invitations, he promises us rest and refreshment and abundance and at His expense and with His presence. That is an invitation I always want to accept. His gracious invitations and His abundant supply overwhelm me with thanksgiving. The invitation that my wife and I responded to early in our marriage, and which we earnestly desire to maintain, is found in Psalm 34:3 - "O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together." We invite your participation along with us.