Matthew 11:28 English Standard Version (ESV) Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Here is a modified Cyrano and Roxanne story.

A man loves a beautiful maiden from afar but felt unworthy of her love.

He asked his friend to take his words of love and adoration to the fair maiden.

He did this every day for months.

Then his friend and the fair maiden fell in love and got married.

At the wedding feast he approach the fair maiden and said, “I knew you would reject me but the words my friend spoke were mine.”

She answered, “I did not reject you. You never came to me.”

Matthew 15:8 English Standard Version (ESV) This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

Don’t let fear keep you from coming to Jesus, for the first time or at any time.

In the Lord’s Prayer He calls for the daily bread and He is the Bread of Life, the Manna from Heaven. We need to come to Him every day to feed on His Word.

While He does reside in our hearts our mouths are operated by our mind. We often speak what is on our minds and not what is on our hearts. Perhaps it would be better if we showed up and spoke from the heart instead.

There is nothing funny about unrequited love.