| Have you ever read something many times, understanding it, and not
thinking much about it, until one day, you read it, and it suddenly
comes alive for you? It doesn't happen for me very often, but I was
reading Isaiah the other day, and came across these verses from chapter 40:
28 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. I was feeling kind of low that day, and discouraged about my research and despairing of ever graduating. I was reading verse 29, when suddenly, I realized: I am weak, and weary, and that God is promising me that He will give me strength! I soared on the rest of the promise that day---that as I hope in God, he will renew my strength and that I can continue to run and not grow weary.
I think that despite knowing in my head that God loves me because of who He is, and not who I am, I still have a tendency to fall into the trap of feeling, albeit subconciously, that God only gives good things to people who are stronger, more faithful, or more courageous than me. But the truth is that it is only through His strength that I can be stronger, more faithful and more courageous. What a happy thought! 
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