If you are a moviegoer you may have experienced this. The movie is coming to a climactic point.
- The man is about to profess his love
- Batman and Superman are about to find out that their moms are both named Martha
- Spiderman is about to find out it was his girlfriend’s dad all along
- The evil professor is about to profess faith in Christ.
Then you hear from the seat next to you or the row above you, “SLLLUUUUUURRRRRRRPPP!” Someone trying to force the last drops of Mountain Dew up the straw and into their mouth and as they do so the air and liquid fight for space in the straw and the noise of the battle reverberates across the theater. I mean they have to get it all out of there because there are no free refills at the movies. The most annoying part is not the noise that is being made, but you know just as well as I do( because at one point or another the sound of that slurp came from our own straws) that the person struggling to get those last drops of sweet green liquid is experiencing no hydrating satisfaction. They are only getting a few drops of watered down soda because the cup is empty.
Have you ever felt like that? Empty. Trying so hard to keep going but there are only a few watered down drops left in the cup. The only use it has is to distract others and frustrate the drinker. This happens to the best of us and it seems to happen more and more and more. Because we are always on the run, always have a meeting or an event on the schedule. Always working more hours to have more money. Always drinking from a cup expecting an endless supply of “go” only to be let down.
Take some time this week — and every week. Slow down. Rest. Trust God. Go to the counter and get a free refill – the movie theater won’t give you that, but God will.
Matthew11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, 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.