Advent Readings for December 10th.

Today, as we reflect on the readings, we are invited to examine our burdens or how we live our lives. When we follow God’s plan vs. our own plan; how do we feel?

Isaiah 40:25:31

God’s People Are Comforted

²⁵ To whom, then, will you compare me,

    or who is my equal? says the Holy One.

²⁶ Lift up your eyes on high and see:

    Who created these?

He who brings out their host and numbers them,

    calling them all by name;

because he is great in strength,

    mighty in power,

    not one is missing.

²⁷ Why do you say, O Jacob,

    and assert, O Israel,

“My way is hidden from the Lord,

    and my right is disregarded by my God”?

²⁸ Have you not known? Have you not heard?

The Lord is the everlasting God,

    the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He does not faint or grow weary;

    his understanding is unsearchable.

²⁹ He gives power to the faint

    and strengthens the powerless.

³⁰ Even youths will faint and be weary,

    and the young will fall exhausted,

³¹ but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;

    they shall mount up with wings like eagles;

they shall run and not be weary;

    they shall walk and not faint.

Matthew 11:28-30

²⁸ “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”