Strength to the Weary

During my quiet time this morning, I was reading Isaiah 40.  The whole chapter is full of reminders of who God is…His great and mighty powers…He is creator of everything…The care He has for His people. At the end of the chapter, Isaiah reminds the people:

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.

What a promise!  And God is faithful!  He does give strength to the weary…I know because these days, I am weary.  Did you read my first sentence…during my quiet time…that means that Miriam was asleep and I was awake…that, my friends, is an answer to prayer.  Miriam’s sleep has been a struggle for us.  She has had a hard time sleeping through the night and then needs me to sleep with her once she wakes up.  My sweet Bible Study friends have been praying for sleep and God is answering that prayer.  Praise God!

My heart is strengthened daily as I catch glimpses of His faithfulness.  Miriam is a daily reminder to our family that God does what He says He is going to do, and His promises are true.   One way that I am blessed the most is in worship on Sunday mornings.  Our family is a sit-up-front worship family.  We like to be close to where the action is and engaged in the moment.  Since Miriam has come, we have sat in the back…to give her space…to be able to take her out to go potty…to keep her from being a distraction to others.  Last week, without any prompting, she told us she wanted to sit at the front of the church. WHAT?  Did God in His goodness and loving kindness give us a sit-up-front girl? Yes, He did!  So there we are at the front of the church.  Thank you Lord.  BUT it gets better.  We are a loud singing, worship loving family, but Miriam doesn't know the songs…she can’t read the words…and her English vocabulary is still growing.  Does that stop her? No, our sweet new member of our family presses her little brown cheek next to mine and sings and sings.  It doesn't matter to her that she doesn't know the words or the tune.  She is praising God with her family…that is all that matters!  She dances…she sings…she loves with all she has.  What a physical testimony to God’s glory!  We are blessed to be on the front lines witnessing every minute of it!  Thank you, Lord, for your sweet and tender moments of grace!