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Posted on 08/17/2019 5:01:39 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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Bible in a Year : Psalms 100–102; 1 Corinthians 1
An angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 1 Kings 19:5 “Emotionally, we’ve sometimes worked a full day in one hour,” Zack Eswine writes in his book The Imperfect Pastor. Although he was referring specifically to the burdens pastors frequently carry, this is true for any of us. Weighty emotions and responsibilities can leave us physically, mentally, and spiritually exhausted. And all we want to do is sleep.
In 1 Kings 19, the prophet Elijah found himself in a situation where he was depleted in every way. We read that Queen Jezebel threatened to put him to death (vv. 1–2) after she discovered he had the prophets of Baal killed (see 18:16–40). Elijah was so afraid he ran away and prayed he would die (19:3–4).
In his distress, he lay down. An angel touched him twice and told him to “get up and eat” (vv. 5, 7). After the second time, Elijah was strengthened by the food God provided, and he “traveled forty days and forty nights” until he came to a cave (vv. 8–9). There, the Lord appeared to him and recommissioned him (vv. 9–18)—and he was refreshed and able to continue the work God had for him to do.
Sometimes we too need to be encouraged in the Lord. This may come in the form of a talk with another believer, a worship song, or time in prayer and God’s Word.
Feeling exhausted? Give your burdens to God today and be refreshed! He will carry your load.
What area in your life is calling out for encouragement? What form may this come in and how can you seek it out?
Loving God, help me to turn to You when I am worn out. Thank You that in You I find rest.
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I am glad that I am out of that school thing and can look up things I want to know now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WXhbixla0c That song is for the familiar looking ex president in the blue dress in the news lately.
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
It is blowing like crazy here. Internet and power are going off and on.
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Good evening, Luv...battling internet and power outages since I got home last night.
Almost texted you for posting help this evening.
Third try....
Glad you finally made it online. I wondered where you were last night, but I figured you were just worn out.
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
Howdy, Kathy.
Bummer the winds are wreaking so much havoc up there.
We had no TV or internet all day yesterday .... Comcast had major outage problems across the country. They’re apparently still going on in some areas but all’s well here ..... for now.
Thank you Kathy!
It was warm and storms on and off for a couple days.
I loathe the end of summer cause I dread the cold Buffalo winter
Early one morning a mother went to her sleeping son and woke him up.
“Wake up, son. It’s time to go to school.”
“But why, Mama? I don’t want to go to school.”
“Give me two reasons why you don’t want to go to school.”
“One, all the children hate me. Two, all the teachers hate me, ...”
“Oh! that’s no reason. Come on, you have to go to school!”
“Give me two good reasons WHY I should go to school?”
“One, you are FIFTY-TWO years old. Two, you are the PRINCIPAL of the school.”
Howdy, LUV.
Hope the day’s been a good one. I imagine it’s still too hot to get out to do anything, even sit with the kitties at meal times.
Hi, there, radu!
Yes, it’s unbearable and will be even worse tomorrow. Then hopefully will “cool” down into the 90s next week. The kitties don’t stick around for long. The only thing cool out there is their water. I check it with my finger, and it always feels nice and refreshing.
Has it cooled off there any? Did the museum stay really busy today?
UGH! Doesn’t sound good.
We have two days ahead that will be a little hotter and muggier than today, then will “cool” off to low 90s for the rest of the week. So nope, it hasn’t cooled off here. It’s August. LOL
It was pretty busy at the museum today but not overwhelming since we had 6 people working. Just steady. It felt good to get home and finally get to sit down for a while.
Pads are poured for the new AC/heat units and I hope they get those in SOON. It was might warm there today.
Hope they get that unit up and running soon. I’m sure the AC part will be needed well into September....sort of like here.
Glad it was busy, but being shorthanded really can make a lot of work for the few that showed up.
I’m going to take a melatonin soon. I didn’t go to sleep til 5am last night and it wasn’t Peaches’ fault. I just simply could not shut the ol’ brain off. If I do that tonight, the pew won’t be safe from my head, LOL!
Oooo...check out the full moon at the Hoback cam. it’s gorgeous!
Good evening, Janey…((HUGS))...Shavua Tov and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
Enjoy your days at home. Blowing like crazy here causing major internet issues.
Yes, A/C will be needed for a while yet and it sure would be nice to have it in the tank room at the museum. The large room has A/C but the unit is old and a new one will be nice.
We weren’t short-handed today at all. There are normally three of us working, sometimes four, but today there were six.
I hope you get more sleep tonight! You do NOT need to nod off in church in the morning. LOL
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