Friday, May 2, 2025

Go gently, gently


After Matthew 11:28-30
 

We begin with rest,

rest from labor, rest

from burdens born.

We seek and find

rest for our weariness.

 

Then we take a yoke,

lightly placed, but a yoke

nonetheless, born like

he bears it, carried

with gentleness, with

humility, a servant’s heart.

 

Bearing this yoke leads

to rest for our souls,

a relief from turmoil,

a relief of the burdens

carried by our souls.

 

This yoke is easy,

this yoke is light.

 

Photograph by Reign Abarintos via Unsplash. Used with permission.


Some Friday Readings

 

California Son: On the Patron Saint of Lost Western People – Paul Kingsnorth at The Abbey of Misrule.

 

Sheep and Lambs – poem by Katharine Tynan at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).

 

Reflections on the Catechism: The Old Covenant – Dan King at Bibledude.

 

Has the Decline of U.S. Christianity Finally Stopped? – Joe Carter at The Gospel Coalition.

 

And the Peace of God – poem by Daye Phillippo at Rabbit Room Poetry.

1 comment:

Martha Jane Orlando said...

Amen, Glynn! His yoke is light, and we, too, should bear it with a servant's heart.