Rest

 

	Wed, Jun 25, 9:29 AM (4 days ago)

“Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30

God is strong when we are weak. He doesn’t get tired or weary. He doesn’t get confused by the burdens of the world. He also doesn’t expect us to get it perfectly every time we become weary and exhausted. Isaiah 40:31 days, “but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not be weary, they will walk and not faint.” God provides us with strength when we are weary. Enduring with faith is not usually easy, but Isaiah tells us that He has promised to be our strength. 

There are many, many nights (why are nights always the hardest?!) when I do not think I can take another step in faith, trusting God’s plan for my family. I tell God, “I can’t do this anymore. I’m so weary.” That’s when the Holy Spirit reminds me of verses like Matthew 11:28-40 and Isaiah 40:31…I don’t have to take another step on my own. I just have to surrender my will and allow the Lord to renew my strength, day after day and night after night-no matter what those days and nights bring. 

The memory verse for this week in my Bible study is 2 Corinthians 9:8. “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” All grace. In all things. At all times. What a beautiful promise! No matter what your days and nights bring you, never forget all that the Lord has promised. His yoke is light. He will renew your strength. He will give you sufficient grace to make it through, enduring in faith that God is good & He is sovereign.

When I stop and look back on all that Anna (and our family) has been through in the last 12 months, I'm amazed at how far we have come. Anna has improved so much (though she still has a long way to go). My health, though still challenging, has improved. And every step of the way, God has been teaching me to let go. Over and over again. Let go. Trust. Trust that God is good, and whatever He is doing through all of this...He is good.

Whatever He decides to heal or not heal, whatever He decides to provide or not provide, He is still good. All glory and honor to Him alone. Any strength I have to make it through the trials we face is only from Him alone. Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!