In today's first reading, Isaiah 40: 25-31, the prophet reminds us that "The Lord is the eternal God, creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint nor grow weary, and his knowledge is beyond scrutiny. He gives strength to the fainting; for the weak he makes vigor abound. Though young men faint and grow weary and youths stagger and fall, they that hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar as with eagles' wings; they will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint."
As I reflect upon this passage, I think of my mother. I believe that her hope in the Lord was what gave her strength every day and was the reason she seemed to soar through any given day. She did not ever seem to grow weary nor did she seem to grow faint. Every morning she rose early and every night she stayed up late doing what had to be done for her family.
So, too, for you and me! It is our hope in the Lord that stays us, that gives us strength each day to get up from sleep and begin a new day! It is our hope in the Lord that keeps us from growing weary or faint as we take on the responsibilities of each day: the responsibilities of raising a family, building community, serving the sick, educating our children, doing service jobs according to our professional capabilities, and so much more! For "the weak [God] makes vigor abound!" And so we see children caring for younger children, youths' making and delivering meals to the homeless or to one's next door neighbor, a spouse caring for a handicapped marriage partner, paramedics responding to an emergency, healthcare workers taking on added shifts, parents homeschooling their children! For "the weak [God] make vigor abound!"
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