Heather Pound

I have always known that ‘His yoke is easy, His burden light’

but I used to think of him as the pilot, and myself the calf

Him a kind master, lovingly tending my needs and wounds

directing my steps, choosing what is best

while my neck carried the harness

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It’s important to remember though, that a yoke can have more space

Not one, but places for two necks and two shoulders to bear

binding two creatures together in helpful companionship

moving in the same direction, following the same commands

bearing the burden, doing the work, feeling the chafe

–together

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This God that I follow is of the sort that doesn’t leave me to

walk the path alone. He is not remote, out of reach, or jostling from behind

No, He dips his neck, accepts the yoke

and walks beside——

sharing my burden, experiencing my path

feeling the dust and the sun and the thirst

He willingly supports and offers His strength for both

the pleasant and the pain.

The yoke is easy and the burden is light

because HE is carrying the heaviest part of the load

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—when you think you’re alone and God doesn’t care

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