God's Grace will Get you Through

I just wanted to write about some scripture that has helped to keep me going everyday, maybe if you are dealing with something that is difficult or tiring, it might bring you comfort and strength too. When I have days that get too overwhelming, or I become afraid that I will never finish what needs to be done for the Bar, or worry whether I'm headed in the right direction for work, or just those little things about life that get in their sometimes and disrupt your day, irritate, or maybe push you to become impatient with people or life in general, I always come back to this when I ask God for help:

Let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Hebrews 12:1 & 2

Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing...Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40: 26 & 28-31




I'm adding a picture of my friend Sara and I at her wedding because she's one of my best friends and my running buddy. When we run together, for me, it sort of physically symbolizes relying on God for strength - that life can be long and tiring, and sometimes there are things you just don't want to do, but God is always there with you no matter what. And when He knows you need it, he inserts people into your life and puts you in others' lives to encourage each other and bring joy and happiness. You don't have to carry everything by yourself.