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."
Isaiah 40: 29-31
I learned a great deal today...about loss. I attended a class for mentors at my church this morning and it helped me see the scope of "loss" in a whole new light and it helped me begin to grasp the uniqueness and at the same time, the commonalities of grief. While the class was designed to help me mentor with more wisdom and understanding (and it will), it really helped me identify some of the feelings I am experiencing at this stage in life as grief....strangely all wrapped up in joy at the same time.
When I think of life as a journey...a race set before me, I find myself a little confused at the moment about the race course. As my role as a mother takes on a new look (I feel loss) and as I look at my husband and realize in my mother role, I neglected my companion on the journey(I feel loss)...well, I sort of panic and wonder how am I going to know what direction to go and how can I repair what my neglect has caused?
Most people think of me as a optimistic, encouraging and hopeful person...but I will tell you, in the past few months as I have contemplated change I have shed my fair share of tears and more...and I have grown weary...and I have felt weak, and in my attitude, I have stumbled...a lot!
So I am thankful that God is walking alongside me every inch of the way. As I seek his will and open my heart and mind up to his love and power...I am looking forward to renewed strength! God promises that if I put my hope in him that I will soar on wings like eagle...well, that would be AWESOME because right now I feel like I am soaring on wings like a chicken...not so good! So, that is why GOd's word out of Isaiah 40: 29-31 is such a valuable reminder to me about my hope in the Lord and it is why DAY 2 of my 365 days of art is about those verses
About the art- it is a mass of runners with the verses from Isaiah 40: 29-31 sprinkled throughout. It is also represents people in my life...people who get tired and people who are full of energy. People who's hearts are full and those who's hearts are aching and empty. No matter how old I am, or what stage of the journey I am on, or how weary I might feel... I want to care for those God places on my path and gain my strength through keeping my hope in him.
ps...someone mentioned to me that my 365 days of art project was sort of like the movie Julie and Julia...hmmm maybe I should call this endeavor "Leanne and Leonardo"....nahhh...well, maybe.
I learned a great deal today...about loss. I attended a class for mentors at my church this morning and it helped me see the scope of "loss" in a whole new light and it helped me begin to grasp the uniqueness and at the same time, the commonalities of grief. While the class was designed to help me mentor with more wisdom and understanding (and it will), it really helped me identify some of the feelings I am experiencing at this stage in life as grief....strangely all wrapped up in joy at the same time.
When I think of life as a journey...a race set before me, I find myself a little confused at the moment about the race course. As my role as a mother takes on a new look (I feel loss) and as I look at my husband and realize in my mother role, I neglected my companion on the journey(I feel loss)...well, I sort of panic and wonder how am I going to know what direction to go and how can I repair what my neglect has caused?
Most people think of me as a optimistic, encouraging and hopeful person...but I will tell you, in the past few months as I have contemplated change I have shed my fair share of tears and more...and I have grown weary...and I have felt weak, and in my attitude, I have stumbled...a lot!
So I am thankful that God is walking alongside me every inch of the way. As I seek his will and open my heart and mind up to his love and power...I am looking forward to renewed strength! God promises that if I put my hope in him that I will soar on wings like eagle...well, that would be AWESOME because right now I feel like I am soaring on wings like a chicken...not so good! So, that is why GOd's word out of Isaiah 40: 29-31 is such a valuable reminder to me about my hope in the Lord and it is why DAY 2 of my 365 days of art is about those verses
About the art- it is a mass of runners with the verses from Isaiah 40: 29-31 sprinkled throughout. It is also represents people in my life...people who get tired and people who are full of energy. People who's hearts are full and those who's hearts are aching and empty. No matter how old I am, or what stage of the journey I am on, or how weary I might feel... I want to care for those God places on my path and gain my strength through keeping my hope in him.
ps...someone mentioned to me that my 365 days of art project was sort of like the movie Julie and Julia...hmmm maybe I should call this endeavor "Leanne and Leonardo"....nahhh...well, maybe.
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