Article January 7, 1985 Issue

Drop your burden

PATRICIA S. KELSON

The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible

Have you ever felt burdened? Most of us have. Yet we learn in Christian Science that this burdened sense is actually a false sense that can be remedied through the joys of Christ, Truth.

Christ Jesus extended a loving invitation to all. He said: "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." ^{Matt. 11:28-30.}

To yoke is to join. Jesus is speaking of his yoke, the yoke of Christ, the spiritual idea of sonship. He is inviting us to accept and learn the divine way to find release from burdens. The Christ, the true idea, leads us from bondage, burdens, to freedom. As we yoke ourselves to this idea of sonship with the Father, we find the answer to our problems appearing in the spiritual consciousness of being.

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