Even in exhaustion...

Let's just be honest.  Sometimes we are tired.  Very tired.  I'm talking about being so tired that climbing into bed is exhausting in itself.  The sheets even seem heavy.  The comforter could easily be compared to the weight of a huge rock.  Yes....total exhaustion, weariness and fatigue eventually overcome us and we feel that our bodies have nothing left.

Let's be honest on a deeper level.  Sometimes my spirit seems very tired, too.  Life has a way of wearing us down at times.  Demands.  Schedules.  Expectations.  Frustrations.  Disappointments.  Oh yes, there's the way others treat us. That's an entirely different level of exhaustion. We find ourselves weary beyond words. We have nothing left..at all.

Then I remember how He treats me.  He loves me.  He listens to me.  He hears my heart, my thoughts, my entire being.  He knows me and He knows my limits.  He is well aware that I have nothing left to give.

He loves me...anyway.  He holds me.  He calms me.  He consoles me.  He comforts me.  He knows me.  He assures me that He will never leave or forsake me.  He carries me and tells me to be still and know that He is God.  I will find rest...sweet, soothing, tender rest...in Him...again.  I am amazed.  I am grateful.  I am leaning on Him...completely.<3~thl