We all need rest
So to continue my efforts to write down my thoughts for my class, I bring you to what I read earlier today in Matthew. It's in chapter 11 verses 28-30. Christ invites those in His day, but also us in these scriptures. "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
We've learned so much in our New Testament class just after this small amount of time. My wife every class says how much she loves our professor. I enjoy it because he helps me see how much symbolism is missed by us, especially in the Church where we hear these stories so much it becomes too common to us. We were discussing recently when Jesus turns water into wine. This small miracle shows how Jesus can really take our dirty faults like the dirty water and turn us into pure wine. And it's by our faith this happens. I was reading Thomas S. Monson's old talk in April of 1964 where he talks about the faith we can have, the faith we need to come unto Christ like in the verse above in Matthew 11. This is truly the only way we can have real peace is by Christ. His way may seem hard and like a yoke or burden, but when we come to Him then he makes our soul's burden light. Really our soul is what needs the most lifting from Him. But we need to go to Him! That is truly the hard part. I know if we make our best efforts to go to Him, then we can see burdens lift from our life like nothing else can do.
We've learned so much in our New Testament class just after this small amount of time. My wife every class says how much she loves our professor. I enjoy it because he helps me see how much symbolism is missed by us, especially in the Church where we hear these stories so much it becomes too common to us. We were discussing recently when Jesus turns water into wine. This small miracle shows how Jesus can really take our dirty faults like the dirty water and turn us into pure wine. And it's by our faith this happens. I was reading Thomas S. Monson's old talk in April of 1964 where he talks about the faith we can have, the faith we need to come unto Christ like in the verse above in Matthew 11. This is truly the only way we can have real peace is by Christ. His way may seem hard and like a yoke or burden, but when we come to Him then he makes our soul's burden light. Really our soul is what needs the most lifting from Him. But we need to go to Him! That is truly the hard part. I know if we make our best efforts to go to Him, then we can see burdens lift from our life like nothing else can do.
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