Take My Yoke
Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 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. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:28-30
The one place in scripture where Jesus describes his own heart: gentle and humble. A yoke was carved wood fitted to a specific animal so the load would not chafe.
Jesus does not offer the weary a hammock but a better yoke, work shared with him and fitted to you. Rest, in his teaching, is not the absence of a load. It is the presence of the right one, pulled alongside the right person.
Identify the yoke you built for yourself, the expectations no one holy ever handed you, and trade it in. Learn from him means walk at his pace, in his gentleness, starting today.