Come Unto Me

Come unto me all ye who labor
And I will give you rest
Take my yoke upon you
Learn of me... and trust

Wherever you live

Whatever your trial

The Savior does give

To those... without guile

Where I dwellest "Come and see"

Said the Master to the crowd

He invited "... follow me"...

And find rest as one not proud

His yoke is easy

His burden is light

To serve is pleasing

When your heart is right

Though the winds of despair may rise

And the swelling waves remain

Keep the Lord fixed before your eyes

To triumph and attain...

Do not hesitate on His narrow path

For His steps never halt toward us

We have many trials and temptations to pass

Trust His goodness and mercy is just

1 Thessalonians
2:3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in
guile: 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the
gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth
our hearts.

Matthew 11:28, 30
28 ¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Jeffrey R. Holland
Come unto Me
Ensign, Apr 1998, 16

Adapted from a Church Educational System Young Adult fireside given on 2 March 1997 at Brigham Young University

Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. This is his true and living Church. He wishes us to come unto him, to follow him, to be comforted by him. Then he wishes us to give comfort to others. However halting our steps are toward him—though they shouldn’t be halting at all—his steps are never halting toward us. May we have enough faith to accept the goodness of God and the mercy of his Only Begotten Son. May we come unto him and his gospel and be healed. And may we do more to heal others in the process. When the storms of life make this difficult, may we still follow his bidding to “come,” keeping our eye fixed on him forever and single to his glory. In doing so we too will walk triumphantly over the swelling waves of life’s difficulties and remain unterrified amid any rising winds of despair.