Back to School

Its that time of year again... Its time for new schedules, catching up with friends, telling stories about our summers, buying new notebooks, pencils, binders, etc. Oh yah and also, its time to start classes again, to learn History, Math, Science, English, Spanish, French, Music, Phys Ed, Art, Geography, Economics, and more for 9 whole months! That's a whole lot of learning.

I feel you guys on going back to school..I start my last year of graduate school in a couple of weeks and I understand that sometimes it is exhausting to learn everything we need to for school. Sometimes it is overwhelming. Sometimes it is just plain boring.

Today I was reading Matthew 11:28-30 (click on the link to read it on Bible Gateway). I've read this passage quite a few times but today the part that really stuck to me was verse 29:

"Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls."

Jesus isn't commanding us to learn from him... he's not giving us homework assignments or tests to make sure we are comprehending our Bible Studies and Youth Group messages... all he asks us to do is to let him teach us.

This kind of learning is pretty easy to do, really. All he is asking us to do is to come to him with an open heart and mind and he will do the rest. The best part is... he is the kind of teacher that is humble and gentle with us... he doesn't force us or intimidate us into learning from him... but he promises that if we allow ourselves to learn from him, we will find peace and rest.

I don't know about you but I am going to try harder to open my heart and mind and to ask Jesus to teach me as much as he can this upcoming year.

-Jessica