An Invitation to a Place of Rest

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In "Surviving the Holidays", I mentioned that there are many things that can trigger emotional ambushes.  Emotional ambushes can be exhausting!  Crying is exhausting! When the emotions flood in, God offers a place to go where you can find peace and rest.
Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

This is not theoretical. This is real.  Read and reread and memorize verses like this till they become your every day, moment by moment reality.  I love Isaiah 57:15.
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite. 
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God not only dwells in the high and holy place.  He also dwells with those who have a contrite and lowly spirit.  The Hebrew word for contrite means ‘to be crushed’, ‘to beat or break into pieces’. And it is this heart that he says he will revive.  Spend time with Him, a lot of time and he will do revive your broken heart during this holiday season.