work and rest

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I invited my followers to come to me and take my yoke upon them and find rest for their souls. What does rest mean to you? Is it the absence of effort, or the absence of care? You can enter into rest even while you are doing productive things by recognizing that the responsibility for all the world’s troubles does not rest on your shoulders. In comparison the yoke that I give you is very light, but how many people act as if they were responsible for everything? Martha was overburdened with care about many things, but how many people care about everything? If you pick up and carry the burdens I give you then you have chosen the good part for yourself.