Soar on wings like eagles
Feeling tired? Generally worn out? I am. I believe sickness tends to make a person feel less than significant, useless, and desiring to be anywhere but in their current skin. I’ve been fighting this cough and cold for weeks now. Even the doctor saying, “There’s a lot of that going around,” really doesn’t help my physical or mental state. I know she meant well, but it didn’t do a lot for me at that point in time. I just wanted her to wave a magic wand over my body, and tell me I’m cured.
You get to the point where you actually believe you’ll never be well or healed again. And when you do get better, your perspective on life takes on a whole new spin. Ever been there? I also find it amazing how quickly we slide back into our normal routine as if we weren’t ever down and out. How soon we forget the meaning of slowing down and smelling the roses…life back to normal. When I do get back to normal (whatever that is!), I want to remember to say “thank you” to God and my physician for restoring me to health that I so easily take for granted.
“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.
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
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.”
The above is one of my mom’s favorite passages of scripture & mine too: “But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles.” Isaiah 40:28-31
Feeling tired today? Look to the One who gives strength to the weary, so you too can run and not grow weary!
Blessings, Teresa
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About Teresa Lasher
Teresa K. Lasher,
Freelance Writer and Speaker
266 Timber Creek Circle NW
Comstock Park, Michigan 49321
Phone: 616.785-9878
Email: terri@lasherstudios.com
www.lasherstudios.com
Teresa is a freelance writer living in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her husband. They have two grown children, and two precious grandchildren. She enjoys writing creative non-fiction works about her travels, memoirs, poetry, and devotionals. She loves to read, write, bike, sail, motorcycle, and adores walking in nature’s beauty.
Teresa has spoken to women’s Bible study groups regarding the trauma and blessings of brain surgery, and also communicated her love of “Journaling” to groups such as MOPS (Mothers of Pre Schoolers) and Salvation Army corps officers. She has spoken on query writing and how to prepare articles for publication among writer’s groups.
Her published works have appeared in Rider, Sailing, Women’s Lifestyle, Thunder Roads of Michigan, West Michigan Christian Newspaper, and War Cry and various newsletters. She co-authored articles featured on The Salvation Army’s website and news releases, and is a contributing writer in Gold Wing Road Riders Association newsletters and Seasons, a women’s magazine.
PUBLISHED WORKS
1. “And Away We Go!” Let is Slip newsletter, May 2008
2. “Sweet Memories,” Thunder Roads of Michigan magazine/March, 2008
3. “U.P. From the Back Seat—Passenger perspectives on a Michigan and Canada adventure, Rider magazine/February, 2008
4. “Thirsty Soul,” The War Cry/February 16, 2008
5. “Treasures Forever,” Women’s Life Style magazine/July, 2007
6. “Two for the Road--A couple makes the leap into racing with a doublehanded race across Lake Michigan,” Sailing/February, 2007
7. “West MI Christian Newspaper Celebrates Eighth Year,” The West Michigan Christian/October, 2006
8. “Uninvited Guests—Providence Bay Campground, Canada,” Gold Wing Road Riders Association newsletter/October, 2006
9. “Make Working From Home Work for You,” Women’s Life Style magazine/September, 2006
10. “It’s Never Too Late for Mothers & Daughters to Connect,” Women’s Life Style magazine/May, 2006
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