Title: Lightness (Matthew 11:28-30)
Contents
There is a book called 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', the representative work of Milan Kundera, a Czech writer who is considered a masterpiece of the 20th century.
This book features characters with different personalities. The female protagonists Teresa and Sabina show the opposite characteristics of love, such as the weight and lightness of love, the responsibility and freedom of love, and eternal love and momentary love, respectively. The author tries to show the contradictory and dual nature of love without judging which of these two people is right. And the choice is up to the readers. Whether it's a serious, heavy love or a momentary, light love, it's up to the reader.
The problem is that after the publication of this work, the trend of the world continues to flow toward 'the lightness of existence'. It was the turning point from the heaviness of existence to the lightness of existence. 'Lightness' is primarily a relative and subjective sense of the weight of an object, and secondly, it can be tied together with 'individual', 'freedom', 'sensibility', 'accidental', 'one-time', 'flexibility', etc. It can be an abstract idea. 'Light' is a one-to-one correspondence with 'heavy'.
Lightness expresses the meaning of small quantity or weak intensity, shallow, easy, faint, trivial, and it also means poor conduct in society. The Chinese character 輕 is used as frivolous, frivolous, and frivolous, and it also expresses not being serious. As such, 'light' has been used a lot in a bad sense rather than a good one.
So, being light has a bad meaning, but it's not the case in general. Rather, it is good to be light. In the text that Jesus gives us today, he said that lightness may be the best good. The things that are heavy should be heavy, but it is a grace and blessing to light things that should not be heavy.
First, let's think about things that shouldn't be light. There are some things that go down in price the lighter they are. The lighter the gold or diamond, the less valuable it is.
Existence should not be taken lightly. No species should be taken lightly. Existence is precious.
Above all else, it is not right to lighten one's existence. Human life is more precious than the world. Therefore, if you act carelessly, you will be punished before God. Love should not be taken lightly. You can't do love that you can't take responsibility for. You have to love carefully and seriously.
When you belong to a certain place, whether it is a political party or a community in which you share a life, you should not move lightly like a migratory bird. Make your choice carefully, and if you choose, you need patience to risk your life to protect it.
Some policies or laws should not be changed too often because they are lightweight.
Journalists should not take articles lightly. Prosecutors should not take personal detention or investigation lightly. If the mouth is light, it should never be. The heavier the mouth, the better.
Lightness must be strictly guarded against in these. The heavier these things, the better.
What would you do with a lighter civilization for the convenience of life? But if our souls become lighter, our outlook on life becomes lighter, and our sins become lighter, what is the difference from chaff blown away by the wind? Today, many Christians move around looking for a place where they can live their religious life lightly because their souls are filled with only the wind like a balloon. I prefer a church that preaches a sermon that is as bright as a rainbow and sweet as ice cream rather than a church that preaches to carry a heavy cross and follow it. But what will the end be? It is like chaff in the wind.
Now, let's think about the lighter the better. In this world, the lighter the lighter the better.
The lighter the yoke and burden, the better. The lighter the clothes or shoes, the better. When you travel, your luggage should be light to make the trip more enjoyable.
In life, sickness, tax, responsibility, mind, etc. The lighter the better.
In this world, things that should be light are too heavy and there are too many people who live groaning. No, the Lord saw all life as beings carrying heavy burdens.
Living in the world is not easy.
Each person carries a heavy burden and lives in the world. How heavy is the burden? Some people cannot bear the weight and give up their life in this world.
Eating well, dressing well, living in a good home, and having a good job doesn't mean you're carrying a light load. We carry more invisible burdens than visible ones. Anxiety, worry, anguish, sadness, pain and suffering, frustration and despair, regret, resentment, anxiety and fear, etc. There are burdens that do not diminish no matter how hard we try and become heavier as time goes by.
I try my best to escape from these heavy burdens... I lean somewhere to get away from these burdens even for a moment, but I can't get out of it easily. On the contrary, it may cause you to carry a heavier load. They are taken advantage of for leaning on humans and suffer even more. It's like turning back and forth to block it, turning it back and forth to block it, and in the end, it's like a flood of water bursting out, and you have no choice but to despair. Humans have no escape routes.
But the Lord has a way. The Lord has a way out.
The Lord is calling you to come. He promises to give you rest and lighten your yoke and burden. Only the Lord can do that. He alone does not use us and can make it easier and lighter. He gave up equality with God and died on the cross to give us life and make it more abundant. He did it.