This weeks topic is…How do you practice this verse in your every day life? Matthew 11:28-30?
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, 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.”
Hi my name is Theresa and I am a recovering worrier. I have been worry-sober for 3 years now. Please don’t think that I am a princess with nothing to worry about. I just chose to not let my worry eat away at me, burn my stomach, keep me from sleeping, make me snappish, etc.
BTW I am a Princess of Jesus! So it is ok to think that….Just don’t think that there isn’t anything in my life that can cause ulcer creating worry. Just to prove that I know what I am talking about in regards to things to worry about, here is a short list….
1. I live with my Father In Law
2. My Father In Law has been in the hospital for over a month now.
3. I have teenagers…Not 1 but 2. Opposite sexes and personality…So anything that I learn from dealing with the oldest one doesn’t usually apply to the younger one.
4. My husband was laid off the week before Christmas….Last statistics out for our county showed the unemployment rate to be 16%.
5. I only work part-time. I enjoy this, my checkbook doesn’t.
6. Oh and this one is a biggie….I live in California as a Christian Republican. (Been wondering when the hunting season opens up on us)
So as you can see I do have a little bit of stuff that I could decide to spend my days stressing over. I CHOSE not too. It is a choice to have faith that Jesus’ Yoke is easy and his Burden is light. The way I look at it is if His burden is considered light…I have no burden worth complaining about. How can my burden/things to worry over be harder then His? Didn’t he die on the cross because of our Burden of Sin? Doesn’t he back us up with his Father, Claim us as His, Show us his everlasting Love and Faith everyday. Didn’t he give us Eternal Life? This life is but a millisecond in eternity.
Have you ever thought that we may be insulting Jesus when we don’t come to him? Don’t put our burdens in his hand? Stupidly think that we can deal with them all by ourselves?
I chose to take His yoke upon me and learn from him. This is how I chose to apply this verse to my life. I chose to Find Rest for My Soul and experience His Gentleness.
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Awesome post, Theresa! I especially loved when you said: “So as you can see I do have a little bit of stuff that I could decide to spend my days stressing over. I CHOSE not too.”
Choose. It’s what we all have to do. I’m choosing like you – to believe that His Yoke is easy and His Burden’s light.
God bless you, my sister!
THIS WAS AN AWESOME POST!!!
Went to my bones.
Thank you,
R
I absolutely LOVE this post!
You bless me so much!! I, too, am a recovering worrier, and am still in need of reminders of why not to worry, and this post was one of them… Thanks!
Love ya!
Teresa,
This post is so true, for TOO many of us. Self-reliance becomes a way of life, unfortunately.
Papa God has been speaking to me about this. He longs for us to come to Him, take His yoke on us and allow Him to guide us along the paths that lead to life…
Thanks for stopping by the blog and your kind words!