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Rest for the Weary



I know I've been physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally weary.  I know that some of my loved ones and friends have been as well. I have battled with the emotion of defeat and failure.  Wanting to just give up.  Well, the Lord in His kindness and mercy is my rock and will lift me...and all his children...up out of the mire. I don't have an actual "post" today outside of a handful of scripture sections, and I am sharing them to both remind myself of the Lord's encouraging truth and hopefully encourage my readers as well. 

 "I lift up my eyes to the hills.  From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.  He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.  Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.  The Lord is your helper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.  The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.  The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore."-Psalm 121

"...And he asked that he might die, saying, 'It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.  And he lay down and slept under a broom tree  And behold, an angel toughed him and said to him,  'arise and eat.'  And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of waters.  And he ate and drank and lay down again.  And the angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said,  'arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you.' And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God. " 
-1 Kings 19: 4-8 


"For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him." -2 Chron 16:9

"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.  For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior."
 -Isaiah 43:2-3

 "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest." -Matthew 11:28

 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.  He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul;..." -Psalm 23


"For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, 'Fear not, I am the one who helps you.'" -Isaiah 41:13

"Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord ,O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's." Psalm 103:1-5

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