Are You Soaring Today? (continued from May 16)

But those that hope upon the Lord, shall renew their strength, they shall soar like wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall not walk and not faint. Isaiah  40:31 NIV

The King James version of that scripture says, "But they that wait on the Lord, shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31.

The two versions are similar, but one tells us that those that wait, shall mount up with wings as eagles. Those that wait...really Lord, must I wait?

Waiting is sometimes not easy. And while doing it we can get anxious, fearful and sometimes....well we can get down right depressed when we see that things are not quite going the way we hope they would.

The other day, I told you that some changes are beginning in the lives of my husband and myself. They have been coming for the past probably three years or so. We have been wrestling back and forth trying to actually decide which way we should go with them. I did come to the conclusion about what I wanted to do, maybe a year ago-sort of. I say it that way, because it has not been an easy decision. My husband on the other hand has stalled on what he thought we should do.

Until a week or so ago. And then one day I was actually prepared to tell him that we needed to go ahead and do this thing we had been thinking of all this time. And so that day, I decided on what I was going to say and brought the subject up. I laid out the pros and cons His reaction. "I agree." From that moment on, we began to make plans.

I was really surprised at how easy it was, after him not being willing to make any decision about it for all this time. My waiting...had suddenly stopped. At least for that part of the situation.

It had not been an easy decision for either of us. We just had to get on the same page. I just had to wait on the Lord.

But now comes the rest of how King James puts it. "....shall renew their strength.....they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not be faint.


I am 60* years old. My husband is a bit older. How are we going to run and walk and not be weary or faint? We found out in the past couple of days how impossible that would be for us, although we knew it anyway. But more so in these last couple of days.

For our ages, maybe that doesn't mean so much physically but more spiritually. That is why, as  I said in the last post that while these other things are going on in our lives we need to not stray too far from the Father. What we have done and will be doing, will for a time be quite demanding on our bodies. And to be honest, if we let it, it could also be such that we could easily get away from God and his Word simply because we could get too tired. We can't let that happen. Because once we do, it will be harder to get back. The devil would like nothing more then to get us to that place and if he could, he would love to get us back to a point of no return.






There will come a day, later this summer/fall when things will settle down. Our bodies will have a chance to recoup. And in the mean time, we must again....wait. Wait for that time. But, it will need to include waiting on God spiritually, through his Word and prayer. So that we don't get away too far from him. And in that respect, while today I can kick back a little after the last few of days have been more challenging to me physically, I can reflect on God's goodness more fully and know that those days will come. And today I can truly soar with the eagles in my imagination. Today, I have the strength to do that while I hope for that coming day later this summer. And in the mean time, I can say to God, "teach me Lord, to wait." Can you?

May 18, 2019 Promise: And God raised up the Lord and will raise us up by his power. 1 Corinthians 6:14

Hello Friends. I apologize for not getting the post done for yesterday. Thank you for your patience. I pray God's blessing on you today. Go out and soar today. Even if it is just because GOD IS. See ya tomorrow!

(Coming tomorrow: Continuing on previous topic: What is True Love: Rude)