Tonight Lord, I want to pray for folks
who feel disconnected, unattached,
isolated, unaccompanied,
alone, apart, abandoned,
unyoked...
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me and you will find rest for yourselves.
Well, I've never really understood, Lord,
how taking a yoke on my shoulders
would lead to my finding rest,
even though you told us that
your yoke is easy, your burden light...
But I'm seeing now,
maybe for the first time,
that when I yoke myself to you,
you yoke yourself to me,
that you yoke yourself to my burdens,
no matter how many
or how heavy they may be...
When I yoke myself to you,
you yoke yourself
to the freight of my problems,
my struggles and infirmities...
When I yoke myself to you,
you yoke yourself to me
and to every step I take
on the path my life is taking...
When I yoke myself to you, Lord,
you yoke yourself to my journey:
to all of my past,
to my life as it is
and to all and whatever
tomorrow tomorrow may bring...
When I yoke myself to you, Lord,
you yoke yourself to me
in good times and in bad,
in sickness and in health,
in sorrow and in joy...
When I'm yoked to you, Lord,
and you to me,
I'll never be disconnected,unattached, isolated, unaccompanied,
alone, apart, abandoned
- or unyoked...
I'll take your yoke
upon my shoulders, Lord
for your yoke is easy
and your burden is light,
is peace, is mercy, is grace,
is my hope and my joy
forever...
Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake
and watch over me while I sleep
that awake, I might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Amen.
I only recently discovered this song - which led me to a much deeper understanding of our taking the Lord's yoke on our shoulders...
When I’m tired and nothing’s going right for me,
When things I’ve counted on
Just do not come my way.
When in my mind the
The thick grey folds of doubt arise,
It’s then I seem to hear him say:
"Share my yoke and find that I am joined with you;
Your slightest movement I shall feel and be there too!
Share my yoke and come the way that I must go!
In our togetherness my peace you’ll know;
The world beholding us will see it so!"
When I’m perplexed
And no one’s understanding me,
When even safest thoughts collapse in disarray,
When I’ve lost the things
That always seemed so sure,
It’s then I need to hear him say:
"Share my yoke and find that I am joined with you;
Your slightest movement I shall feel and be there too!
Share my yoke and come the way that I must go!
In our togetherness my peace you’ll know;
The world beholding us will see it so!"
When I’m alone
And nothing’s getting through to me –
An isolation that increases day by day.
When closest friends can seem
A thousand miles away,
It’s then I long to hear him say:
"Share my yoke and find that I am joined with you;
Your slightest movement I shall feel and be there too!
Share my yoke and come the way that I must go!
In our togetherness my peace you’ll know;
The world beholding us will see it so!"
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