Some of you may have noticed that I finally changed the Verse of the Week in the sidebar. The last one turned out to be more like the Verse of the Month. I did memorize the last one within a week, although whether I could still say it word for word at this moment is questionable. As I move on to the next passage I will have to review what I have memorized before. As I was thinking about which passage to memorize next I came across these verses on another blog. Before I go on to talk about the verses, allow me to say a few words about this particular blog, Confessions of a CF Husband. A friend of mine told me about this family a couple months back. The blog is written by a man who has a wife with cystic fibrosis (CF) who is waiting for a double lung transplant. In January she had a baby about 15 weeks early. I won’t attempt to explain it all–he does a much better job. But what has been so amazing about this couple’s story is their steadfast faith and trust in God despite the circumstances. It helps me put some of my own trials in perspective. I encourage you to at least take a moment to check out this blog. He usually posts something several times a day so there is a lot to read, but he has put a link on the top of the sidebar to a post that summarizes their journey up to this point. It is worth checking out.
Isaiah 40:31 has always been one of my favorite verses, a reminder to wait on the Lord for He will give us strength–the strength we need at the time we need it. But what jumped out at me this time are the verses leading up to verse 31. It is an awesome thing to dwell on the fact that God is everlasting; He is the Creater of the ends of the earth; He does not grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable. “He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.” We are all at unique places in life, with different struggles and things that weigh us down. But those who wait on the Lord, putting their burdens before Him, will be given strength. He gives us the grace we need, when we need it, to be strengthened and not grow weary.
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;
but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their stength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
~Isaiah 40:28-31 (ESV)
