When I awoke this morning, I immediately sensed it and felt it. The total weariness and exhaustion of my week was pressing upon me. The years on this old body were truly felt and the responsibilities of my life were poured on. I got up anyway, and thanked the Lord, He woke me up. As I started to get up, my mind went to work. I began to think, and reflect and think some more about the past week. How is it that the physical and emotional frame of the human form can become so exhaustive and the mind can continue to whir non-stop? My mind was in a serious whirlwind. I finally told it to stop. And, it did.
I heard the ding on my phone and as I looked at the message it said, “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” Isaiah 40:29. This was messaged to me by a friend. The memory that “popped” up on my screen this morning was, “We renew out strength, when we wait on God…but we have to wait!” And, when I opened my Bible to “refresh” my mind and my heart from this weariness, I read, “The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.” Isaiah 50:4 “I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.” Jeremiah 31:25. The Word blessed me this morning and I knew the Lord spoke to my heart.
I started to close my Bible, but, it slipped and as I caught it the pages reverted to “Lord be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.” Isaiah 33:2 Oh, but the Lord I serve, is so readily available to lift us up. He did that for me this morning. As I terminate this, I realize I am refreshed and ready to face this new day. Blessed be the Name of the Lord.
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