Jesus invites us "Come to me" when we are wearied by our relationships and responsibilities, our overwork and underwork, our stresses and anxieties. He promises that as we do so he grants us "rest" - rescue and release from trying to cope alone or trying to change our circumstances from our own efforts and energies.

Prayer is the beginning of this privileged relationship in which Jesus invites us to take Jesus up on his promise to carry our burdens in our place. He uses the image of a two-oxen yoke as an enouragement to see Jesus as our partner who pulls the bulk of the load - Jesus as the "lead partner" and us as the "learners-in-harness".

The past two months of our prayer life - not least our prayer blog - have seen many instances of Jesus shouldering our burdens and demonstrating that his "yoke is easy" and his "burden is light"

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