{"id":300111,"date":"2018-01-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/come-take-and-learn\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T22:41:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T02:41:18","slug":"come-take-and-learn","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/come-take-and-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Come, Take, and Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hannah Anderson tells of a season when the stress and anxiety of daily living kept her up at night. 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Anderson realized that leaning into Christ and learning humility was the key to finding peace.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"","transcript_url":"https:\/\/transcript.familylifetoday.com\/fl2018-01-10.pdf","transcript_content":"<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You know the passage where Jesus tells us that if we take His yoke on us, we\u2019ll find rest? Just what does that mean? Hannah Anderson says taking on the yoke of Jesus means surrendering to His leadership \/ His lordship in our lives.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Hannah:<\/strong> Coming under Christ\u2019s lordship\u2014submitting to Him \/ surrendering to Him\u2014was not a one-time act. It was surrendering to Him when my day didn\u2019t go the way I thought it was going to. It was surrendering to Him when I reached the limit of my capacity to make something happen and recognizing His all-powerfulness to make anything He wants happen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, January 10<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. How does placing a yoke on your shoulders make your burden lighter? We\u2019re going to spend time talking about that today with Hannah Anderson. Stay with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. I always wonder about people who write books on humility; don\u2019t you? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s a great way to introduce our guest! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Well, stop and think about it\u2014I mean, \u201cI\u2019m going to write the book on humility,\u201d\u2014I mean, \u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019d say you better have a good amount of it, otherwise you\u2019re in trouble. [Laughter] I want Barbara to introduce our guest.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u2014[whom] I\u2019ve insulted at the beginning of the program. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> No. This really is about humility, but it\u2019s a different take about an issue that women face today\u2014and men, too, as far as that goes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBarbara, would you do us the favor of introducing our guest?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> I would love to introduce my friend, Hannah, [whom] I met through the internet\u2014we just met today, face to face, for the first time; but I heard about this book from a friend of mine. I was attracted to it, not so much because of the title, but because of the verse that\u2019s the premise for her topic in this book, <em>Humble Roots<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe verse that she uses as her jumping off point is where Jesus said to the people: \u201cCome unto Me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.\u201d I thought: \u201cOh, I need rest. I\u2019m a woman, and I\u2019m tired. I\u2019ve always been tired, and I need rest.\u201d I thought, \u201cI want to hear what she has to say about finding rest,\u201d because I have loved that verse; but I really didn\u2019t find the rest part. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI got her book, and read it, and absolutely loved it. It resonated with me, even in this season of my life, where I\u2019m not strapped with kids like I used to be. I know it would have resonated with me when I was at home, raising our kids, fulltime. So, I think it\u2019s a book for women of all seasons and all ages; because I think women, in particular, tend to carry burdens in a different way than men do. We feel things differently. I think Jesus called to us to come to Him and find rest. It\u2019s what we need.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m delighted to welcome Hannah to the broadcast today. Hannah and her husband live in rural Virginia. He\u2019s the pastor of a church there\u2014so that figures into her story. She weaves this rural environment in which they live into the story of <em>Humble Roots<\/em>. It\u2019s a very woven-together story that she presents in this book. We\u2019re delighted to have you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Hannah:<\/strong> Well, thank you. I\u2019m thrilled to be here. It is a very dangerous topic to tackle\u2014it is humility. You\u2019re absolutely right, Bob.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> We\u2019re still friends; aren\u2019t we? Fist bump here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Hannah:<\/strong> We are.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Okay; I\u2019m just making sure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I\u2019m just glad that your book\u2019s not titled <em>Humility and How I Attained It<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Hannah:<\/strong> Well, that was the working title; and the publisher axed it. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You\u2019re really speaking to the heart and soul of, not just women, but any person who is feeling stress, busyness, anxiety, and who is in need of coming close to Jesus Christ\u2014and that\u2019s for all of us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Hannah:<\/strong> It is. I found that the message was for me first. I know other authors; and I talk about the fact that, so often, God calls us to a topic precisely because that\u2019s what we\u2019re dealing with; and it\u2019s something we need to learn for ourselves first. As Barbara mentioned, my family lives in a rural setting in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. I think, sometimes, when we hear that, we think of this very idyllic slow pace of life\u2014we\u2019re just kind of meandering through this beautiful space. But that was <em>not<\/em> what I was experiencing. I\u2019m a mom of three kids \/ a pastor\u2019s wife, and there had been a couple of years in my life where everything was <em>good<\/em>. I was full of <em>good<\/em> beautiful things to do\u2014working in the church \/ working with my family\u2014but I also had this profound and extended lack of peace\u2014a restlessness \/ feeling overwhelmed\u2014being driven and anxious.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Were you tired?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Hannah:<\/strong> Exhausted! Part of it was I could never fall asleep. I would lay down in bed at night and my mind would race with all of the things that I had to do\u2014all of the things I was responsible for \/ all of the things I couldn\u2019t forget. As I was living through that, I began to listen to my friends, and they were saying the same things. One day, as I was in the Scripture\u2014because I didn\u2019t know what else to do with this \/ I really had no means of knowing how to deal with it\u2014I came across the verse in Matthew where Christ calls us to Himself. Matthew 11\u2014He says, \u201cCome unto Me all you who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.\u201d And like Barbara said, I stumbled across that and I thought: \u201cYes! This is exactly what I need. This is exactly what I want.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut for some reason, I had never read past that. As I kept reading, the Holy Spirit began to unlock a part of the conversation for me that I had never seen before. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd Christ continues and He says, \u201cTake My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart,\u201d\u2014that word, \u201clowly,\u201d is the word, \u201chumble,\u201d\u2014\u201cand you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.\u201d Something happened in those moments as I was encountering this Scripture. I didn\u2019t know what that meant, but I knew this was a path that I needed to go down. I needed to figure out why Jesus said learning of Him \/ learning humility would result in rest. That kind of began the process of trying to answer the question of \u201cWhat does humility have to do with the peace and rest that I\u2019m longing for?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You know, Hannah, you look at the cultural solutions to anxiety and to stress and it\u2019s a day spa \/ it\u2019s \u201cme time\u201d\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014all of the\u2014you\u2019ve got to get along \/ you\u2019ve got to care for yourself. That\u2019s almost the opposite of what Jesus is saying; isn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Hannah:<\/strong> Jesus is actually calling us <em>to<\/em> something. A lot of the times, when we\u2019re overwhelmed with our lives, we think it\u2019s because we\u2019re doing too much; and so the solution is we need to <em>stop<\/em> doing something\u2014either we need to learn to say, \u201cNo,\u201d to something; or we need to have a vacation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut God is not calling us <em>away<\/em> from things only to leave them behind. He\u2019s actually calling us <em>to Himself<\/em>. He\u2019s calling us to a <em>new<\/em> way of living. He\u2019s calling us to a Person so that we can re-enter the lives He\u2019s given us with peace. One of the things that I\u2019ve found amazing about the process God took me through\u2014not many things about my life changed \/ not many of my responsibilities changed\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I still care for my children; I still work with the church; I still am in relationship with people around me\u2014but by calling me to Christ and calling me to learn of His humility, He changed <em>me<\/em> rather than changing my circumstances. A lot of times, our solutions to anxiety and stress are about managing the circumstances in which we find ourselves rather than allowing ourselves to be changed <em>in the midst<\/em> of those circumstances.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I love the invitation that He gives us\u2014actually, it\u2019s more of a command\u2014\u201cCome, take, and learn.\u201d \u201cCome to Me\u201d He says. I have written in my Bible here: \u201cWho else can make this kind of invitation?\u201d Is there anybody that you know who can stand up in a crowd of a 1,000 people and say, \u201cCome to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I <em>will<\/em> give you rest\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI guess what I want to know is\u2014practically-speaking: \u201cHow did it give you <em>rest<\/em> as you came to Him? How did that manifest itself?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Hannah:<\/strong> Well, the first thing I had to do was to do what the Scripture says\u2014is to take up His yoke. I think we often read this passage\u2014and we hear this peace or rest, and it\u2019s very ethereal \/ it\u2019s very abstract\u2014we\u2019re kind of reaching out for this kind of <em>emotional<\/em> feeling. What Christ is actually calling us to is submission to Him. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the first things that I had to understand\u2014and I lay this down pretty early in the book\u2014that when Christ calls us to Himself, He\u2019s offering rest. It\u2019s an invitation; but as you said, Dennis, it\u2019s a command. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt is a command to properly orient ourselves to <em>His<\/em> sovereignty. It is a command to properly put ourselves under His lordship \/ under His creator-ness and to submit ourselves to the place where we actually belong in this world. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think that\u2019s where the idea of humility comes in; because, so often, we\u2019re navigating life as if <em>we<\/em> were God\u2014we\u2019re making choices \/ we\u2019re making our plans\u2014we\u2019re responding to situations out of pride in the sense that we are wanting to control \/ we are wanting to ordain. That\u2019s why it\u2019s so important that, when Christ calls us, the first thing He demands of us is that we come under His yoke \/ that we submit ourselves to <em>Him<\/em>; and if we don\u2019t do that, we can\u2019t learn from Him.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Explain that metaphor; because a lot of people say, \u201cCome under His yoke,\u201d and they go, \u201cAll I can think of is eggs. I don\u2019t even know \u2018What is this yoke?\u2019\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Hannah:<\/strong> So the yoke that Christ is talking about in this passage is a wooden yoke that a farmer, at this time period, would have put on an ox to plow his fields. What the yoke did was allow the farmer control over the animal. So rather than being allowed to run free\u2014to go wherever it wants\u2014the beast comes under the guidance and control of the master. In that work of plowing, the master is breaking up his field\u2014he is getting the field prepared to receive the seed, and to flourish, and to bring forth abundance and goodness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen Christ uses this imagery for the audience that would have heard Him on that hillside in Galilee, they would have known <em>immediately<\/em> that, when He says, \u201cTake up My yoke,\u201d He\u2019s saying, \u201cCome put yourself under My control.\u201d So the very first thing that Christ calls us to, when He offers us this rest\u2014it doesn\u2019t come just by being in proximity to Him \/ like we\u2019re <em>around<\/em> Him\u2014it comes by submitting ourselves to Him and properly orienting ourselves to <em>His<\/em> lordship.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Now, Hannah, you had been walking with Christ for how many years when you wrote this book?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Hannah:<\/strong> Oh, probably 30 years.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So you had been under the lordship of Christ for <em>decades<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Hannah:<\/strong> Yes; and chafed at it apparently. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat I had to grow in my understanding was that coming under Christ\u2019s lordship\u2014submitting to Him \/ surrendering to Him\u2014was not a one-time act. It was surrendering to Him when my day didn\u2019t go the way I thought it was going to. It was surrendering to Him when I reached the limit of my capacity to make something happen and recognizing His all-powerfulness to make anything He wants happen. And so, what I was growing into\u2014and the rest that was on the other side of this mission\u2014was directly related to my daily moment-by-moment ability to recognize <em>His<\/em> power \/ His <em>limitlessness<\/em> and my <em>limitedness<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> One of the things that I enjoyed so much about your book, Hannah, was when you were telling the story of lying awake at night and you kept thinking of things that you had to do. You referenced this earlier, as we were talking; but your husband\u2019s over there, sleeping like a log. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember so many times that has happened to me, through the years, when I\u2019m lying awake at night \/ when I\u2019m so tired; but I can\u2019t go to sleep because I\u2019m thinking of things. My husband, meanwhile, is over there, just conked; and I\u2019m thinking: \u201cThis is so unfair! What is the difference between us?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe way you described it really was what kind of got my attention in a way; because you said what you were wrestling with\u2014I was wrestling with too\u2014and that is the \u201cshoulds.\u201d I think that, especially for us women, we move into marriage and raising children\u2014and we feel that sense of responsibility for their wellbeing \/ for their welfare\u2014for feeding them, and clothing them, and teaching them correctly, and getting them to church on time, and all of those things that we feel responsible to teach. We begin to assume more ownership for that than we probably should\u2014we think, \u201cThis is all on me.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s a subtle shift that I think begins to happen\u2014which speaks to you saying, a minute ago, that it\u2019s a continual surrender\u2014being under the yoke of Christ is a continual ongoing process. It\u2019s not something that happens just once. I would love to hear you talk a little more about that; because I think that every woman listening to this broadcast understands what that feels like to be lying awake at night, thinking: \u201cOh my gosh. I should have done this,\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve got to remember to do this tomorrow.\u201d I think that pressure we put on ourselves to be more than we are and to carry more than we were meant to carry is, I think, the crux of what Jesus is saying: \u201cYou don\u2019t have to carry all of that. If you\u2019ll get under my yoke, I will carry it with you \/ for you. I will strengthen you.\u201d To me, that was such an important part of what you were writing that I would like to hear you talk a little more about that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Hannah:<\/strong> I think that was the most surprising part of this journey for me\u2014was that I, like so many women who are committed to their families and committed to the work that God has called them to\u2014I was looking at my life, and it was full of <em>good<\/em> things\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Hannah:<\/strong> \u2014things that I wanted to be faithful to. I was not wrestling under a sense of \u201cI want my own life, and I want to do my own thing.\u201d I was not looking for an escape\u2014I wasn\u2019t dissatisfied with anything that God had brought into my life. I struggled with: \u201cWhy do I not have peace then? I\u2019m doing what I\u2019m supposed to be doing.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat God really revealed to me, and the Holy Spirit convicted me of, is that I was often entering into those callings with a lot of self-reliance. I was attempting to do these very <em>good<\/em> things in my own power. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is where I was <em>shocked<\/em> to see pride as a source of my lack of rest, because I didn\u2019t think of myself as a proud person. I think of a proud person\u2014I think of someone who swaggers down the hall \/ someone who boasts\u2014not someone who\u2019s trying to do good things. What happens is\u2014our self-righteousness and our pride is so subtle that it can take the good things we\u2019re longing to do and turn us into little messiahs. What I saw had happened for me was that I was trying to save the world\u2014I was trying to save my children\u2019s world \/ I was trying to save the world of the people around me. There is one Savior, and it\u2019s not Hannah Anderson.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Here\u2019s what I hear you saying and kind of how I apply it in my own circumstance. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou get to the end of the day and you can ask one of two questions. Question number one is: \u201cWhat did I accomplish today?\u201d Question number 2 is: \u201cWas I faithful today?\u201d And if you ask, \u201cWhat did I accomplish today?\u201d you\u2019ll wind up anxious and awake all night.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014because you didn\u2019t accomplish all you intended or wanted.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. There\u2019s so much more that needed to be accomplished that you never got to. But if you ask the question: \u201cWas I faithful?\u201d\u2014sometimes, the answer to that is: \u201cNo; I\u2019ve wasted time,\u201d \u201cNo; I was self-indulgent.\u201d But it\u2019s a very different question, and it leaves the accomplishment where it belongs\u2014in the hands of the real Savior\u2014rather than putting you in the position, where it says: \u201cThe weight of accomplishment is on <em>me<\/em>.\u201d Jesus is the One who said: \u201cYou be faithful. I\u2019m responsible for the increase in all of this.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd so I think, for a mom or a dad, to begin to change the grading scale in your life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, when I was in elementary school, we got grades for academic performance and then grades for behavior; right? Sometimes, I would get an okay grade in academics but not so great on the behavior side. Well, rather than saying, \u201cMy grade for myself today is based on \u2018What were my achievements?\u2019\u201d\u2014say, \u201cMy grade for my day is \u2018Was I faithful to what God had called me to?\u2019\u201d If you can answer that with a \u201cYes,\u201d you can sleep soundly that night.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> And I think, in addition to that, it\u2019s also \u201cWho am I pleasing?\u201d because I think part of what I struggled with, as I was reading this part about the \u201cshoulds\u201d is, I was putting a burden on myself to be something that I, physically\u2014I couldn\u2019t do all of those things. I was really trying to please <em>myself<\/em> by being the best mom and all of those things rather than saying, \u201cJesus, how can I please You?\u201d If that is my standard\u2014my life\/my daily activities are in light of what He\u2019s calling me to do and \u201cAm I pleasing Him?\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014that\u2019s really life-altering as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> And I think the message of this passage is the same one I read last night. Psalm 42 says \u201cWhy are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?\u201d The message Jesus was giving is: \u201cYou can tell whose yoke you are wearing on the basis of what it weighs.\u201d He said, \u201cMy yoke is easy and My load is light,\u201d\u2014that He invited those\u2014who are heavy-burdened, who are downcast, who are in turmoil, who really may not even know all of what they\u2019re not doing or feeling. And it\u2019s at that moment\u2014you don\u2019t turn to a principle \/ you don\u2019t turn to a book\u2014you come to Him. He is the One who invites you: \u201cCome to Me, <em>all<\/em> who are weary and heavy laden.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd His promise is: \u201cI will give you rest.\u201d Your assignment is to take the yoke, as Hannah said\u2014to be in submission and surrendered, over and over and over again, to the only One who is <em>worthy<\/em> of being surrendered to.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And it may be that there are people who have seen Hannah\u2019s book and thought, \u201cWell, I don\u2019t really need a book on humility,\u201d\u2014which, by the way, if that\u2019s your first thought, you probably need a book on humility; right?\u2014[Laughter]\u2014if you thought, \u201cNo; I have other things\u2026\u201d; but if we said you need a book that will help you know how to rest \/ that will help you deal with stress and anxiety in your life\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Everyone will say, \u201cYes,\u201d to that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014well, that will help you counsel your soul\u2014the subtitle is <em>How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> <em>Exactly<\/em>. We have copies of Hannah\u2019s book in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. It\u2019s available when you go, online, to order at FamilyLifeToday.com. Or you can call to order\u2014800-358-6329\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d Again, the website: FamilyLIfeToday.com. The name of the book is <em>Humble Roots<\/em> by Hannah Anderson. You can also order by calling 1-800-FL-TODAY.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, I\u2019ve heard from enough listeners, over the years, about how conversations like the one we\u2019ve had today can be just what a young exasperated mom \/ a frustrated dad\u2014just what they need in the middle of their week \/ in the middle of their day to help them go, \u201cOkay; I need to recalibrate my thinking \/ I need to counsel my own soul,\u201d\u2014like we were talking about, Dennis. This is our goal, here, at FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u2014to daily provide you with encouragement, support, help, hope as you seek to live out your responsibilities, as a husband \/ as a wife, as a mom \/ as a dad. Our goal is to effectively develop godly families.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is one of the <em>primary<\/em> ways we do that. <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is now heard, not only on a network of radio stations all across the country, but a lot of you are listening to our podcast through our app on your mobile devices. We\u2019re reaching more people more regularly thanks to those of you who help support this ministry and help cover the cost for producing and syndicating this daily radio program. We have monthly Legacy Partners who help with the financial foundation for this ministry; and we have those of you who will, from time to time, make a donation to support what you\u2019re hearing on the air. We\u2019re grateful for any of you who step forward to make a donation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, if you are a regular listener, and you\u2019ve never donated, we\u2019d love to have you join the team\u2014it\u2019s easy to do. You can donate, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call to donate: 1-800-FL-TODAY. If you want to find out about becoming a monthly Legacy Partner, we\u2019d love to have you do that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, there\u2019s information, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or just ask about it when you call 1-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTomorrow, we\u2019ll talk more about how Jesus gives rest in the middle of our stressed-out frustrating existence as parents of young children. Hannah Anderson joins us again tomorrow. 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