Matthew 11:30

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. Matthew 11:30

Explaining this passage to our kids today was easy. My husband and I decided to not let the kids watch any tv, log onto the computer, or play video games today as a punishment to the boys for not cleaning their room when they were asked. When they finally did clean it, the job was far from what we expected. Hence, the day of no technology. What made this punishment extremely difficult: they had a lot of free time since we finished our home schooling curriculum last week. Thankfully for them, God blessed us with beautiful weather today. They jumped on the trampoline, collected tadpoles, grafted hackberry limbs with Eastern Red Bud trees, and so forth. They are now finishing the evening with a game of Monopoly.

After dinner, I read this passage in Matthew and said that if they obeyed and followed what God taught in the Bible, life would be easy. Consequences of sin are hard and burdensome. It might not seem that way from the world's perspective, but when you do follow the straight and narrow path, life is easier. This doesn't mean we won't face trials (those are good to strengthen our faith), but there will be far less negative consequences to deal with as well.