Weariness......
Today was the last Griefshare lesson and homework..
The ending verses were from Isaiah 40:28-31
Isaiah 40:28-31 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord Will renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
In grief, one grows weary of the death, the loneliness, the decisions, sometimes life itself, the unrelenting grieving that seems to stalk every waking moment....the fogginess, the tears, the reminders that seem endless at the time...
Oh yes, we can seem joyful saying or hearing such things as "they are in heaven now", "they have no pain", etc, etc, etc,...the cliches that go on...we paste smiles on that don't go to deep into our hearts...we grieve...that is just a fact....
But there comes a time when we have to face reality...where are we going ? What are we doing? Who are we? Where is our trust? In whom can we trust? Are we ready to give up this weariness and replace it with what? Do we want to move ahead? How can this be used for good or anything? Can we leave this "pity party"? We can turn a corner or still head down the same road....
We are not forgetting or dishonoring those who are gone...they have stepped into eternity...we are still here in this temporal world for awhile....we have faced the enemy...Jesus has taken away the sting by His victory over death through His resurrection...now we have to decide how to live....
God refreshes the weary, He helps us soar, He helps us run and not grown faint...He satisfies...He strengthens through His Word....He bring us Good News....He sustains....He takes the burden and gives us rest....He gives wisdom when we ask...He gives hope...truth....life abundantly .....
There is no other name under heaven like His...praise be to Him....thank YOU...
You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
[ Gods of Babylon ] Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome, a burden for the weary.
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.
But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.
I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.”
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
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