Monday, July 14, 2014

Monday morsel: the easy yoke (from John Ortberg)

Yesterday our pastor quoted from John Ortberg's book Soul Keeping. Ortberg is an author I like a lot:  I've read his books Jesus the One and Only, Everybody's Normal Until You Get to Know Them, and The Life You've Always Wanted.

I haven't read Soul Keeping yet, though, so I can't reproduce the quote directly from the book and can't remember it word-for-word from yesterday.  But I got this version from Ortberg's blog post entitled "Fighting Soul Fatigue": 

"The Bible uses the word 'easy' only once. It came from Jesus. 'Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened … and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.' [Matthew 11:28-30]

‘Easy’ is a soul word, not a circumstance word. The soul was not made for an easy life. The soul was made for an easy yoke."

  

quote from http://www.johnortberg.com/fighting-soul-fatigue/
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 14, 2014 at 3:32 PM

    That is the best insight on the easy yoke I've ever heard, Jeannie.

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    1. JeannieJuly 14, 2014 at 3:57 PM

      I was very struck by it, too, Tim. I'm eager to read Ortberg's book now.

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    2. Adriana@ClassicalQuestJuly 21, 2014 at 11:34 AM

      I agree. Impressive insight, Jeannie. Another fabulous quote for me to ponder for a long time! :-)

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