Burnt out... fried... no energy... Sound familiar? And the constant barrage of bad news - a common cause of anxiety - can greatly add to our weariness. These are indeed difficult times, "with great pain throughout the world." That part isn't new. But now we are hit with that news from every direction. And in the meantime, we hear very little of the good news, though there is plenty of that, too! And the best news? All that we are experiencing is simply the prelude to something huge and amazingly good. We have the promise that as we struggle, "God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along." The God who "knows us far better than we know ourselves" is right there, helping us along, "making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans." Even when life seems at it's worst, there is truly reason for hope. |
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