Letting go of my yoke: the fear of Cancer
T oday is Tuesday— word day! The word that I've been thinking about lately is: yoke . Yoke as it is referred to in the Bible. In the Bible the word "yoke" speaks of a wooden bar or a wooden apparatus that is placed over the necks of oxen and other pulling animals which connects them and enables them to pull carts, plows and so on —as seen in the pictures below. You can also see the ox pulling the brick with the yoke. Often times we will read where Jesus has used the word "yoke" as a metaphor for describing the union between us—people and our labor of service . I thought about this word as I lay restless in my bed trying to go to sleep Sunday night. Why? Fear had crept up... a slew of worries and fear were upon me. One scary scenario after another plagued my mind. For those of you who read Ann Voskamp book, you know when she talks about the fear of the big "C" word, cancer? Gosh how I can...