Dinner Conversation: rest

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." --Jesus

Matthew 11:28-30

Rest.

In music, a rest calls for a musician, who makes music, to stop and be quiet -- stop playing and rest.

A rest area on the highway marks a place for a traveler to stop traveling -- stop driving and rest.

We rest our head on a pillow -- the head that contains our thoughts, motivates our actions, directs us through our day -- to stop thinking, enter a coma-like state, and rest.

Jesus offers us an invitation to come and He will give us rest.

But He offers us rest by taking up His yoke. A yoke is an instrument of work, a burden. Does this mean there is an exchange to be made? One work for another? One that makes us tired for one that revives? Or is it a change in attitude about our work? How can we gain rest from a yoke?

What does that look like for you today?

Tomorrow?

The day after that?

Food for thought.