And one of the things it says, allow yourself to accept His invitation. Receive His invitation with open hands and hearts. Our part in this is to come to Him to receive His invitation of rest. Come to Him with all our weariness and burdens. We don’t have to “clean ourselves up” before receiving His rest. We just have to take that first step towards Him.
I’d love to say that I was exactly like Mary sitting at Jesus’ feet all the time, but my walk with Jesus has been a messy one. Join me, aka The Messy Mary, as Jesus helps me to be less messy and choose what’s better.