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You’re late for a connecting flight, hauling heavy bags through a terminal. Finally, you hand them over at the gate. That moment of relief? That’s what Jesus offers. He says, “Let me carry what’s crushing you.” Your weariness does not disqualify you—you are qualified by it.

Jesus didn’t say, “Come to Me, all who are confident and sinless.” He said, “Come to Me, all who are weary.”

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