I wonder...

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Matthew 11:30

When Jesus refers to his yoke being easy and his burden light, he was referring to the things that he did not permit.

During the Old Testament a Jewish rabbi's list of rules and his interpretation of how to live out the Torah were called his yoke.

So Jesus' list of rules is easy? Love God and love people. Period.

I wonder sometimes if we aren't more in love with the Bible and the idea of being a 'perfect' Christian than we are living out the call to love people. I wonder what this world would look like if we would begin to walk the road that Christ did and become servants to those around us. How the world react if it saw us like that? I remember when I was in high school and so fanatical in my beliefs that I would seek out arguments to 'prove' my point and 'prove' that Christ was who he said he was rather than show others the love that I had been shown. I wonder if that would not have gotten my point across more clearly. I wonder if its odd that we never see Christ get mad at 'sinners'. It's only the religious leaders that try to oppress the 'sinners' and use their faith to benefit themselves that we see Christ show true anger. I wonder why so many Christians in the church fear questions and don't attempt to figure out their faith. After all, scripture is, for the most part, open ended and free to our interpretation. It is when we look at the whole of scripture as being concrete that we begin to brow beat our brothers and sisters that have not yet been redeemed. I wonder if we should not ask God to see them as he does and give us the compassion to love them as he does. I wonder what that would look like?