Trading Yokes!

  Few years ago, a friend of mine was hosting a small group at her house. Three months prior the meeting, we were given Hebrews 4 to meditate on.  Also, we were asked to create any form of art pieces to go along with the Bible passage and share with the group what the Lord had spoken to us. On the day of the meeting, it seemed like this phase 'enter His rest' was the theme that was spoken to most of us; including me. I cut a mushroom shape out of a piece of flat clay and drew a door, tree barks and some spiral shapes on top of the mushroom house. The phase 'enter His rest' spoke to me that I would enter God's house one day after I died; and I would live in a resting place with the Lord forever. I also pictured myself bouncing around His place like the spongy texture of a giant mushroom. The spiral shapes symbolized believers who I would be meeting and living with in His place. Most people when they see mushrooms, they will refuse to eat them. My husband is one of th...