A mediation on Matthew 11.28-30
Come to me, all you who are weary
and are carrying heavy burdens,
and I will give you rest.
Christ, I come to you.
I lay down my burden.
I rest in you.
Take my yoke upon you,
I share your burden,
your love for the world.
I am yoked with you,
your life and death and life.
I am one with you always,
side by side,
not running ahead of you,
not wandering off,
twinned.
and learn from me;
Each moment I learn from you,
watching your eyes, your hands,
imitating your movements.
for I am gentle and humble in heart,
Yoke of gentleness, lay upon me.
Hold me in my anxiousness,
guide me in my impatience,
bring me along when I falter.
and you will find rest for your souls.
Rest of Christ,
soul’s belonging,
nothing required.
For my yoke is easy,
Not my worries,
but compassion for the world.
Not my effort,
but yours in me, yoked.
and my burden is light.
This burden lifts me,
this light.