Youthfulness
Many of us hate being older, losing the spring our step or the fresh,
unwrinkled face of our youth. We live in an age-ist society.
The young have no regard for our opinions.
These are the thoughts that dig us deeper into exhaustion and weariness.
Isaiah’s vision tells us, in poetic language, of the FREEDOM
that can be experienced by a relationship with God, by ‘waiting on God’.
The metaphorical Youthfulness is within our reach. Apply Within.
Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted;
but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength,
they shall mount up with wings like eagles,
they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:30-31
This week we pray for Toungoo Diocese in Myanmar,
where there are a number of Karen churches and a theological college.
The Karens are a persecuted minority in Myanmar.
We pray God’s blessing at this difficult and dangerous time.