Come to me, all you that 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
Jesus teaches no doctrine; he extends an invitation.
He preaches no creed; he offers a relationship.
He does not discuss theology; he practices a way of living.
He offers no reward, but his presence.
He invites us into the Great Work of being souls,
the Great Work of loving the world.
He promises to be yoked with us.
He offers the paradox of the labor that is rest,
the yoke that is freedom,
the burden that is light.
His Word is not an order, a threat, a pronouncement,
but a promise, an opening, a desire for us:
“Come to me.”
The burden we bear into the world
at his side
is not heavy; it is light itself, the light of God.