Wings like eagles
Waiting is one of the hardest things we are asked to do. We want quick answers and visible results, but God often teaches us to trust Him in the pause between.
The promise is not that we will never feel tired. It is that the Lord renews our strength as we wait on Him. Bring your weariness to Him today, and let Him be the one who lifts you up.
Lord, I am tired, and I confess I often try to carry everything on my own. Teach me to wait on You. Renew my strength today, and help me walk without fainting. Amen.
יְקַוּ (yeqavvu (yeh-kah-VOO)). “Wait” or “hope.” The root carries the sense of a tight cord, a line stretched toward something you are confident will arrive. Waiting here is active trust, not idle time.
Isaiah 40 opens the second half of the book, written to a people in exile who felt forgotten. The prophet answers with a call to comfort and a reminder that the Lord does not grow weary.
On this day, James Theodore Holly was consecrated bishop of Haiti, becoming the first African American to be raised to the office of missionary bishop in the Episcopal Church.