His Yoke

Our view should not be right or left, but right and wrong.

Our choice should not be black or white, but darkness or light.

Our care should not be who is greatest, but who is the least,

Not who is first, but who is last.

Our call should not be war! Or peace!

Violent protests, to fight or to cease.

But rather, we should fight for right, and pray for peace.

Our prayer should be for unity in truth,

Our yearning should be for worship,

For innocence in age, and wisdom in youth.

Our call should be for his Lordship.

And all together, with one clear voice,

Hand in hand, and heart to heart,

Our love should bear all things.

Our faith should carry us,

In union we should live,

His love should marry us.

All we are, all we have… given.

Every burden… bear,

Every need, every care,

In us, Christ living!

Because our yoke we share,

With him who made us.

God’s only Son,

Immanuel,

Come to save us.

 

                                                                                    MJS

                                                                                    December 2008

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 light.

Matthew 11: 29-30

 

And ye beneath life’s crushing load,

Whose forms are bending low,

Who toil along the climbing way

With painful steps and slow,

Look now! For glad and golden hours

Come swiftly on the wing.

O rest beside the weary road,

And hear the angels sing!

O Little Town of Bethlehem (4^th stanza)