Hope in the Lord

Good morning, A part of a song is running through my head this morning: "it's a beautiful day." It looks like it will be a beautiful day, since the heat has subsided and a cool breeze is blowing in the window, and I'm thankful! But perhaps it doesn't seem like a beautiful day for you and you are tired and weary. A friend recently gave me these verses that help us with weariness: "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." When we are tired and weary the Lord isn't. He is there, available to give us strength. He understands our situation and desires to increase our strength by His power. What power? The power of the everlasting God who created the ends of the earth. We might ask ourselves what kind of power would it take to create the earth and all that is in it? To create the sky, stars, moon, sun, the various planets, on and on...now this is power! The verses tells us: "He understands because His understanding no one can fathom". He is beyond brilliant. What is it this verse says about increasing our strength when we are weary? "even the young will grow weary and faint"? Young to old feel weariness from time to time. We must hope in the Lord in order to renew our strength. To trust in Him and His infinite power to handle our situation. Webster defines hope as: Desire with expectation of obtaining what is desired, or belief that it is obtainable." Will we choose to hope in the everlasting God the powerful creator? When we hope in Him, we can soar on wings like eagles, run and not grow weary and walk and not be faint. What situation is dragging you down today and you can't sing: "it's a beautiful day?" Will you not put your hope in the Lord and His creative power to work in that situation? He will help you to soar, run or walk today.