Get off the cross

Work when there is work to do.

Rest when you are tired.

One thing done in peace will mostly likely

Be better than ten things done in panic….

I am not a hero if I deny rest; I am only tired

                                                Susan McHenry

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God

we think of Jesus as the suffering servant

who went through so much

to bring good to the world

O God, sometimes we may think of ourselves the same way

The harried

Busy ones

Who must who must who must

Rush from place to place

From task to task

Calming

Helping rescuing

we hoist ourselves on crosses of our own making

thinking only we

can save the world  (ok, not really, but you know what I mean)

and end up scattered and fragmented

unable to give ourselves fully

to the person in front of us

unable to do the one thing well

unable to be truly present

Lord, teach us to get off the cross

we need the wood