Mom Heart Moments #116

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

EVERY DAY, we have twenty-four hours to invest our lives in what will matter for eternity. It is in the seemingly insignificant moments of our lives when nobility, civility, and graciousness must flow from our hearts. We will often be tempted to act in a manner that is harsh, impatient, unloving, judgmental of others, quick to lash out when we feel attacked . . . Yet, the only way to overcome these temptations and end life with a wise, peacemaking, loving, gentle heart is to invest in our spiritual lives every day by spending time with the Source of all goodness and lovingkindness, the Lord Jesus Himself. Hebrews 1:3 tells us that He is the exact representation of God —He speaks God’s words, He shows His heart, He manifests His wisdom.

Jesus said, “Learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart.” This seems to be my pondering of the year. Learn from Him. He didn’t revile when He was reviled. He loved and gave grace to Peter when he fell. He washed 120 toes the night before He was crucified, serving those for whom He would die.

The more I regularly invest my heart, my commitments, my faith, my love in my relationship to my Lord, the more my own heart will be noble and pure. And the place where reality marries truth is in my obedience, each second, each moment, each day as I seek to emulate His life, choosing to obey, against my feelings, those things He spoke to my heart in the privacy of my time with Him.

How do you make time to learn from Jesus? Are you growing in humility?