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Comment on “My yoke is easy and my burden is light . . .” by Danny

Danny — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:23:31 +0000

I’m giving a chapel message at my school on this passage today. Thanks for the insight you’ve added to my thoughts.

His yoke IS easy, He did all the work of Salvation, we do nothing, but because we love Him we do all He asks, of course this is difficult, unless we trust Him.

Well said!

Comment on “My yoke is easy and my burden is light . . .” by Jonathan Gnibus

Jonathan Gnibus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:09:26 +0000

I like what you are saying, and I think you hit on a key point of coming to God like a child. I think that besides the faith in God relationship, the yoke pertains to the way of God vs. the way of the world. Just as much as concern for earthly riches burdens the heart, hatred and jealousy do as well. It seems intuitive to realize that coming to God as a child is removing our pride, falling flat on our face at His feet, without reservation and with an open heart.

Comment on “My yoke is easy and my burden is light . . .” by Dawn's Blog

Dawn's Blog — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:45:48 +0000

Hi Rebecca,

Googled “my yoke is easy” for a talk I’m giving in DR Congo next week and your blog entry came up. One of my key tests for Theology is that it has to work both in Canada, where I live, and in the post-war communities, where I work. Thanks for writing with insight and good theology! I’m going to use your example in my talk. I’ll be blogging at http://www.healingstreamsblog.wordpress.com.

Comment on Father – Daughter Affection by Ian

Ian — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:30:40 +0000

Miley is (or was here) 15 years old. 15! Some commenters are talking like she’s 10! Get real, she’s a young woman now, and allowed to look fantastic….and WOW, does she look fantastic! The pictures are extremely tasteful, capturing the essence of one of the strongest relationships known to mankind – that of a father and daughter. Are the pictures “sexy”? Of course they are, but what’s wrong with that? There’s always a “sexual” element, to some extent, when two people of the opposite sex interact in this way. Father and daughter are of opposite sex, and there’s nothing wrong with them interacting, and recognizing each other’s sexiness. It’s NATURAL. That doesn’t mean they’re gonna hop into bed together.

Comment on “My yoke is easy and my burden is light . . .” by Happy

Happy — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:25:43 +0000

Come to me all of 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

I was in the hospital with a medical condition. The doctors said I was “fine” . I received a spiritual card that had the verse from Matthew in it. I was able to researched my medical problem online and then found the actual problem that I had, and two new doctors actually confirmed my aliment. I know that it was God that gave me the skills to find this information. That was several years ago. A few days ago, I was going thru one of those “tough days” that we all have. I prayed to God to give me help me get theu this perticular day… which I did. Upon driving home, the verse from Matthew popped into my head.. and at that point I have not thought about it for a while… I will now think about the verse for the rest of my life.

Comment on Book of Job Chapter 3: Ever Wanted to Die? by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:55:18 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on Father – Daughter Affection by James

James — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:17:36 +0000

With all his millions why isn’t there a Mrs. Cirus in the picture????

Comment on “My yoke is easy and my burden is light . . .” by Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:43:55 +0000

Hi everyone,

my name is Jeffrey and I’m a 23 year old from Toronto, Canada.

As many of you did I stumped upon this blog because I was searching for this passage since I’ll be going into a church retreat tomorrow leading worship and devotion.

it puts a smile on my face to see how everyone here appreciates Rebecca’s post, because like you all said, life is hard and we often don’t see the beautiful side of things.

I was going to write a comment about the hard times I’ve been through, but after reading all of your comments I’ve come to realize that, hey, what’s been happening to me is no big deal, because God will always be there to take care of us.

thank you for reminding me how comforting his grace is and how loved I am by him, the feeling of knowing all the tough times, all the challenges ahead of me are placed there because God allows them makes me think of one thing: God trusts that I will be able to get pass all these things, my God believes in me so much that he is able to let go and let me go through all this on my own; and when I fail, he’ll be there to catch me =]

thanks again.
Jeffrey.

Comment on “My yoke is easy and my burden is light . . .” by Gary Hilburger

Gary Hilburger — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:13:12 +0000

I have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, as was my father before me. I have terrible mental confusion and fear of death that haunts me, even when I make chicken on a grill and cooked it “butterfly” fashion recently. I had cut it and flipped it open and saw angel wings, which frightened me terribly and later had an anxiety attack, which is also part of the disease.

But now, in the middle of writing to a dear and close Native American friend whom I have helped in her time of loss, and who now helps me in return, I wished I had a Bible to find the words my mother once sent to me in a time of crisis from a book by Dale Carnegie “The Power of Positive Thinking”. I remembered the part of the phrase …”my burden is light” and it led me here now.

Thank you for being here.

Comment on Raising Christian Evolutionists by A home school dad

A home school dad — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:33:11 +0000

It is sad that you want to find “reasons” for wanting to distance yourself from God’ Glory and Power…What makes you think that the Hebrews or early people on the earth could not understand creation? Do you think our society is so enlighted that we seem to know it all or are more intelligent than the the Patriarchs of the Bible? If evolution is the answer, how and why do we not see evidence? Why does modern day man have a huge brain and only use 8-12% of it’s capacity? One would think that evolution teaches that all things are progressing towards a more uniform, steady state, since that is what “design” is all about. Yet evolution contradicts itself in the Big Bang theory…It was a bang…everything expanding…I do not know about you, but I observe in nature that when things expand, it tends toward more chaos and less design…

Where do you draw the line between nice “stories” in the Bible and what is true? Is the Flood a nice story?, what about Jonah and the great fish…Another story? what about the crucifictiona, death, burial and resurrection on Jesus…another story?

If you can’t get past the first 10 words in the Bible, why bother going forward…How do you make a decision as to what to believe? is it in your “heart’? is it is your soul? is it in your mind? Sorry, but your nice syrupy explanations will fail you based on the truth of God’s word. It is beliefs like yours that slowly chip away at God’s truth…

Evolution is a theory, and old earth geology is a theory. Not one Scientist can “prove” any of it…You take it on your faith, based your point of view that all these folks just “have to be right”…after all there are so many scientists and they all validate each other…So your faith is based on the “humanistic view” of the world, as most of the basic scientific community. They do not even want to theorize that God can exist

What is interestin g in your earlier article is that you think that “creation scientists” just punch holes and like to find fault with the “mainstream” scientific community…let’s set aside the money trail and funding sources…why do you think it is so easy to punch holes in the evolution and old geology theories? Why should one try to “prove” a truth, since, by definition, it is unnecessary…

Show me, prove to me, anything…that is untruthful in the Bible…All I am asking for is one! It should not be that hard!