Matthew 11:28-30 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not…
Isaiah 62:6b-7 Take no rest, all you who pray to the LORD. Give the LORD no rest until He completes his work, until He makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth. I sense urgency in that verse, don’t you? It’s intense, nothing casual about it, and certainly not meant to be taken as optional! I…
I once had a friend named Richard, who told me that when he was growing up, every day as he left for school his mother’s admonition was, “Remember, you’re Japanese!” Though this was the 50’s and 60’s, World War II hadn’t been all that long ago, and Richard’s mom was more than aware that her…
Pondering Jesus 