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Friday, April 3, 2009

Rest!

"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" (Matthew 11:28–30).


A yoke is a device borne across the shoulders, e.g. for harnessing two draft animals together, or to assist in carrying heavy loads.

The verse is shared by a friend, heard it before many time , its now only that i am appreciating the meaning of yoke. 'Your yoke is easy' i recall. Now i get it =). The sharing is timely as i am pressed by assign due dates, exams and other commitments ......


After a good lesson on the steps needed to get the oxen into the yoke, Duke and Doc are ready to go to work. You can imagine, when animals this large are yoked together, they must work in unison, or chaos and injury will occur. These animals are highly trained starting as 3 week old calves.
Extract from: duke and doc (a fammar's blog)


-----> 'Take my yoke upon you'. >> Am i am willing to carry the yoke ??
Follow the lord's direction/plan ....
-----> 'Learn from me'. >> Am i willing to learn ??
Like the ox we may not budge yet ---------> 'I am gentle'


Jesus tells us his burden is light not because it is easy but because he is on the other side of the yoke, helping us to serve with his strength. Ask Jesus to free you, his servant, from burdens he does not want you to carry. Praying the Names of Jesus by Ann Spangler

This sharing reminds me of the following verses:

"Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?" (2 Corinthians 6:14)

"Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together". (Deuteronomy 22:10)

Based on my experience:
Just like canoeing both people on the canoe must paddle in the same direction, equal speed.
If one go too fast or paddle in the opposite direction the canoe goes aimless.

Got to be in sync with the lord and carry the yoke .... ready and willing to learn. Rest will come =)





Quotes

  • You are your thoughts.The thoughts in your head are what institute the laws of attraction. You think therefore you are. - Joe Vitalli, The Laws of Attraction
  • Don't react blatantly in Anger and become a Zero - Papati
  • Don't miss out in the learning values of problems by over-looking the root causes but starting at the occurences - Raj
  • You can do almost anything if you have a steady income. Little or much, what matters is that you can count it, month after month.Without the regular flow of funds, you will be constantly distracted from you goals - Norm & Bo
  • Time is greater than money, you can never really buy time. Don't let time slip away. - Raj
  • Ignore technology advancement and you will either be left behind or you have to fork out more - Raj
  • Without passion nothing happens in life but without compassion the wrong things happen - Jan Eliasson
  • The poorer you are the more you need to plan and act wisely. Any undesired outcome you have little resource to manoeuvre.
  • “Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it.”
  • To get to where you want to go in life you must start from where you are - Tan
  • Maturity does not come with age,it comes with the acceptance of responsibilities - Tan

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