I surrender all....

The definition of simplify is simply this....
simplify- to make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand
No surprise there huh....but today at church we started a new sermon series simply called Simplicity. I know we all wish that there were things we could cut out of our lives...commitments....deadlines....cleaning house, but by cutting these out may seem to be a way to make life simpler but cutting things out is doing merely the opposite. We complicate our lives in so many ways, but today in Pastor Steve's sermon he talked about a bible verse that resonates with me in so many ways

..“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.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. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

Jesus is merely giving us an invitation to come to him with our burdens....giving them to him will make our lives much more simple. While I feel like my heart has been broken into a million pieces a million times...well his heart has broken a billion. He wants our lives to be easy...simple, but we must give our hearts and souls to Jesus. We must turn over all of our burdens. One question posed to day was "does your life fit?" Well I will be the first to admit that my life doesn't fit me. I want to take upon his yoke...I want to carry a burden that is lighter. Jesus came to Earth to die for me...for my sins and after all he has done He is extending to me an invitation of simplicity. Well Jesus....I surrender all....I surrender all. I will take your yoke and carry it knowing that my load is light and my burdens few. I am weary of this life that is anything but simple and I long to be near him in every way so that I can live simply.