Don’t you know? Haven’t you heard?     The Eternal, the Everlasting God, The Creator of the whole world, never gets tired or weary.     His wisdom is beyond understanding. God strengthens the weary     and gives vitality to those worn down by age and care. Young people will get tired;     strapping young men will stumble and fall. But those who trust in the Eternal One will regain their strength.     They will soar on wings as eagles. They will run—never winded, never weary.     They will walk—never tired, never faint. ( Isaiah 40:28-31 ) Today I am grateful for the strength of God when I am weary.  It's been a weary kind of week. Parenting this week has been especially taxing and I feel worn down. But I know that there is strength available to me through the Creator of strength.  And what's lucky for me is he never wears out or gets worn down!  So when I do and am I need only to invite him in. ...

Thanks to a co-worker's devotional at today's staff meeting I have my Gratitude Attitude for the day. He just sparked the idea, the Attitude is all mine. :)   For everything that happens in life—there is a season, a right time for everything under heaven: A time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, a time to collect the harvest; A time to kill, a time to heal; a time to tear down, a time to build up; A time to cry, a time to laugh; a time to mourn, a time to dance; A time to scatter stones, a time to pile them up; a time for a warm embrace, a time for keeping your distance; A time to search, a time to give up as lost; a time to keep, a time to throw out; A time to tear apart, a time to bind together; a time to be quiet, a time to speak up; A time to love, a time to hate; a time to go to war, a time to make peace. Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 If you read those verses carefully you may notice, as I did, that they pretty much cover every aspect of life. They detail anyth...