Very Tired

Yesterday morning, I made a crock pot full of chili, thinking that was a good idea since I'd have the DI team over the entire afternoon. That way, when they left, dinner would be all ready and we could have Mom K over to eat with us with no last minute scramble.

I tried to help the DI team get settled with all they needed, gave them mugs of hot chocolate, and was available through the afternoon when they had questions or needed supplies. I am not allowed to help them, but I can ask questions to generate creative solutions. When they seemed stuck, I tried to ask helpful questions. For the record, it is much harder to guide teens to figure things out on their own than to just tell them what to do.

The afternoon came to a close and the DI team shuffled out. Mom K wheeled in. Unfortunately, she didn't seem very interested in my chili...or really anything. She just seemed tired, and confused. I tried to ask helpful questions to spark interest.

"I am very tired," she kept saying. She nibbled a piece of lettuce, but really ate almost nothing, pushing away the chili. My hubby took his tired mother back to the nursing home and I wearily cleaned the kitchen.
"I am very tired, " I thought.

It is hard to please so many varying ages, and never quite really succeed. Asking questions to spark interest is harder than you might think. When the house was empty again, I did a bible search on 'do not grow weary'. Up popped one of my all time favorite verses from Isaiah. God is right there with me, and He never grows weary. His strength never fails. And He is always eager to share. Though I stumble and even fall, He is there to renew my strength.

This is good, I thought, because I am very tired.

Isaiah 40:28-31 (NIV)
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. [29] He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. [30] Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; [31] but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.



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