Burdens

Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.-Matthew 11:28

I've been thinking a lot lately about burdens and laying them down. We as people carry around so much. We let life weigh down on us with work and school as well as guilt and shame. The things of this world press in on us and bring us to the point of feeling like we're stuck or sinking. But Jesus tell us to come and lay down our burdens. He brings us refreshing and gives us his own burdens which are light. Yes they do weigh on us, but not like the world. His "yoke" is one of purpose, life and grace. Jesus isn't telling us to get rid of all our responsibilities but to take on a higher purpose. School is important to me and at times it can be difficult. But it's a part in the path God has set before me and there is grace to make it through without it beating me down. I'm am in school not to get a job but to help me towards the goals God has set in my life. Some people make school everything and end up losing so much to it. They'll say that it's because school is everything but in the end, it's really not. They're is so much more to life than what we see now or the few years we spend in school or working. They're is such a higher purpose to our lives. One that builds a kingdom such as this world has never seen. When we take on the burden of Christ we are refreshed and able to make it because of the grace of God. We begin to see the burdens of our everyday life in the right perspective and they don't weigh down on us like before. We need to stop viewing things through our own eyes and look at the bigger picture and see that we are a part of something divine and that God makes a way, no matter what we see before us. He is there every step of the way, are we willing to follow?