"Learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Yes , my yoke is easy and my burden light."
Matthew 11:29-30
The Pharisees referred to the Law as a yoke, literally a wooden frame placed over the necks of two oxen to draw a plow. The quality of ease and lightness that Jesus offers does not consist of a lower level of ethical demand. Obeying the Law is made easy by our relationship with Jesus and the sense of being grasped by the love of one who is gentle and humble of heart. Jesus' interpretation of the Law also gives priority to engagement of the heart and promotion of relationships over purely ritual and external prescriptions.
As we grow in our intimacy with Jesus he is able to share his goodness with us.
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