Thursday, September 2, 2021

Reflection - Number Our Days - Weariness

Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 25, "Weariness", Page 120.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.


More life I need ere I myself can be.
PHOTO: More life I need ere (before) I myself can be.
Sometimes, when the eternal tide ebbs low,
A moment weary of my life I grow.
- George MacDonald, Diary of an Old Soul

What is this weariness that settles upon us as we age? Does it come from something that needs to be set right?

Not necessarily. Sin does wear us out. The burden of guilt and shame is a heavy load to bear. But it may not be evil-doing that weighs us down. We may be "weary in well-doing," as Paul would say, for love can be hard work that wears out both body and soul. Or, our weariness may be the sin of another and our inability to give help as we would like to do. Or it may come simply from prolonged illness or pain.

I delight in George MacDonald's Diary of an Old Soul, for my old soul resonates so readily with his. There he writes:

Shall fruit be blamed if it hang wearily
A day before it perfected drop plumb
To the sad earth from off its nursing tree?
Ripeness must always come with loss of might.
The weary evening fall before the resting night.

Weariness and "loss of might" bring ripeness, for they remind us that we're passing away so that a better thing may come. The weary evening leads to the resting night. This is what we Christians call "hope," and in this hope we renew our souls, as the prophet Isaiah declares.

[Our] 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. (Isaiah 40:28-31)

Hope, Isaiah's strong word, looks to the future. It is waiting in confidence for a salvation that is certain to come - kept in heaven for those who are themselves kept for the day of salvation.

This is the perspective that overwhelms my weariness; not accidentally, but essentially, for if I know that my ultimate destiny is glorious, it picks up my pace here and now. I can stretch the wings of my heart and fly! I can run in the path of obedience and not get tired. I can walk through routine, pedestrian days and not grow weary.

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak, I say; but a better world is coming in which my spirit will call me to action and my body will run and leap and fly! This is my assurance, for hope, in biblical terms, does not imply contingency but certainty. As a backcountry friend of mine once put it, "My salvation is for certain sure!"

In meantime, what someday will be true can began to be true even now. I can be steadfast, patient, and joyful in spite of my deep weariness; kind and calm, less focused on my own frailty and fatigue; more concerned about others than I am about myself - and thus able 'to speak a word in season to him that is weary.' (Isaiah 50:4 KJV)

So MacDonald prays,

I am a little weary of my life -
Not thy life, blessed Father! Or the blood
Too slowly laves the coral shores of thought,
Or I am weary of weariness and strife.
Open my soul-gates to thy living flood;
I ask not larger heart-throbs, vigor-fraught,
I pray thy presence, with strong patience rife.
PHOTO: More life I need ere I myself can be.
Sometimes, when the eternal tide ebbs low,
A moment weary of my life I grow.
- George MacDonald, Diary of an Old Soul
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What is this weariness that settles upon us as we age? Does it come from something that needs to be set right?


What is this weariness that settles upon us as we age?
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Not necessarily. Sin does wear us out. The burden of guilt and shame is a heavy load to bear. But it may not be evil-doing that weighs us down. We may be "weary in well-doing," as Paul would say, for love can be hard work that wears out both body and soul. Or, our weariness may be the sin of another and our inability to give help as we would like to do. Or it may come simply from prolonged illness or pain.


It may not be evil-doing that weighs us down.
PHOTO: It may not be evil-doing that weighs us down. We may be 'weary in well-doing,' for love can be hard work that wears out both body and soul. Or, our weariness may be the sin of another and our inability to give help as we would like to do. Or it may come simply from prolonged illness or pain.
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I delight in George MacDonald's Diary of an Old Soul, for my old soul resonates so readily with his. There he writes:

Shall fruit be blamed if it hang wearily
A day before it perfected drop plumb
To the sad earth from off its nursing tree?
Ripeness must always come with loss of might.
The weary evening fall before the resting night. [123]


Shall fruit be blamed if it hang wearily
PHOTO: Shall fruit be blamed if it hang wearily
A day before it perfected drop plumb
To the sad earth from off its nursing tree?
Ripeness must always come with loss of might.
The weary evening fall before the resting night.
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Weariness and "loss of might" bring ripeness, for they remind us that we're passing away so that a better thing may come. The weary evening leads to the resting night. This is what we Christians call "hope," and in this hope we renew our souls, as the prophet Isaiah declares.


Weariness and
PHOTO: Weariness and "loss of might" bring ripeness, for they remind us that we're passing away so that a better thing may come. The weary evening leads to the resting night. This 'hope' renew our souls.
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[Our] 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. (Isaiah 40:28-31) [124]


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.
PHOTO: 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.
PHOTO: 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.
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Hope, Isaiah's strong word, looks to the future. It is waiting in confidence for a salvation that is certain to come - kept in heaven for those who are themselves kept for the day of salvation.
 
 
Hope, Isaiah's strong word, looks to the future.
Hope, Isaiah's strong word, looks to the future.
PHOTO: Hope, Isaiah's strong word, looks to the future. It is waiting in confidence for a salvation that is certain to come - kept in heaven for those who are themselves kept for the day of salvation.
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This is the perspective that overwhelms my weariness; not accidentally, but essentially, for if I know that my ultimate destiny is glorious, it picks up my pace here and now. I can stretch the wings of my heart and fly! I can run in the path of obedience and not get tired. I can walk through routine, pedestrian days and not grow weary.


This is the perspective that overwhelms my weariness; not accidentally, but essentially, for if I know that my ultimate destiny is glorious, it picks up my pace here and now.
This is the perspective that overwhelms my weariness; not accidentally, but essentially, for if I know that my ultimate destiny is glorious, it picks up my pace here and now.
PHOTO: This is the perspective that overwhelms my weariness; not accidentally, but essentially, for if I know that my ultimate destiny is glorious, it picks up my pace here and now. I can stretch the wings of my heart and fly! I can run in the path of obedience and not get tired. I can walk through routine, pedestrian days and not grow weary.
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The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak, I say; but a better world is coming in which my spirit will call me to action and my body will run and leap and fly! This is my assurance, for hope, in biblical terms, does not imply contingency but certainty. As a backcountry friend of mine once put it, "My salvation is for certain sure!"


The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak, I say; but a better world is coming in which my spirit will call me to action and my body will run and leap and fly!
PHOTO: The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak, I say; but a better world is coming in which my spirit will call me to action and my body will run and leap and fly! This is my assurance, for hope, in biblical terms, does not imply contingency but certainty. As a backcountry friend of mine once put it, "My salvation is for certain sure!"
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In meantime, what someday will be true can began to be true even now. I can be steadfast, patient, and joyful in spite of my deep weariness; kind and calm, less focused on my own frailty and fatigue; more concerned about others than I am about myself - and thus able 'to speak a word in season to him that is weary.' (Isaiah 50:4 KJV) [125]


In meantime, what someday will be true can began to be true even now.
PHOTO: In meantime, what someday will be true can began to be true even now. I can be steadfast, patient, and joyful in spite of my deep weariness; kind and calm, less focused on my own frailty and fatigue; more concerned about others than I am about myself - and thus able 'to speak a word in season to him that is weary.' (Isaiah 50:4 KJV)
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So MacDonald prays,

I am a little weary of my life -
Not thy life, blessed Father! Or the blood
Too slowly laves the coral shores of thought,
Or I am weary of weariness and strife.
Open my soul-gates to thy living flood;
I ask not larger heart-throbs, vigor-fraught,
I pray thy presence, with strong patience rife. [126]


I am a little weary of my life
PHOTO: I am a little weary of my life -
Not thy life, blessed Father! Or the blood
Too slowly laves the coral shores of thought,
Or I am weary of weariness and strife.
Open my soul-gates to thy living flood;
I ask not larger heart-throbs, vigor-fraught,
I pray thy presence, with strong patience rife.
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Dear Lord
PHOTO: "Dear Lord, we learn that it is not necessarily that our weariness is due to sin. The burden of guilt and shame is a heavy load to bear. But it may not be evil-doing that weighs us down. We may be ‘weary in well-doing’, for love can be hard work that wears out both body and soul. Or, our weariness may be the sin of another and our inability to give help as we would like to do. Or it may come simply from prolonged illness or pain.

Thank You that weariness and ‘loss of might’ bring ripeness. They remind us that we're passing away so that a better thing may come. The weary evening leads to the resting night. This we call ‘hope’, and in this hope we renew our souls, as the prophet Isaiah declares in Isaiah 40:28-31.

We pray that Isaiah's strong word, ‘hope’ looks to the future successfully. May we wait in confidence for a salvation that is certain to come - kept in heaven for those who are themselves kept for the day of salvation.

Lord, may this perspective overwhelm our weariness; not accidentally, but essentially. When we know that our ultimate destiny is glorious, it picks up our pace here and now. May we be able to stretch the wings of our heart and fly! We can run in the path of obedience and not get tired. We can walk through routine, pedestrian days and not grow weary.

But Lord, our spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. May the better world come in which our spirit will call us to action and our bodies will run and leap and fly! Let this be our assurance, for our hope is a certainty. Our salvation is for certain sure!

Lord help us in the meantime, what someday will be true can began to be true even now. May we can be steadfast, patient, and joyful in spite of our deep weariness; kind and calm, less focused on our own frailty and fatigue; more concerned about others than we are about ourselves - and thus able ‘to know the word that sustains the weary’.

Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen!"
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Reflection - Number Our Days - Weariness
Source (book): "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Chapter 25, "Weariness", Page 120.
By David Roper, Pastor, and regular and popular writer for Our Daily Bread.



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"Growing Old Gracefully", Following Jesus to the End, © 2019 by Robert M. Solomon

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Reflection - Growing Old Gracefully, Part IV - V (Links), posted on Thursday, 22 April 2021
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Reference
[1] From "Teach Us to Number Our Days", Copyright © 2008 by David Roper, ISBN 978-981-11-7184-0, Chapter 25, "Weariness", Page 120-123.

[123] George MacDonald, The Diary of an Old Soul, December 12.

[124] Isaiah 40:28-31

[125] Isaiah 50:4 KJV

[126] George MacDonald, The Diary of an Old Soul, December 12:1.


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