Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength

God is God and I am not
I can only see a part of the picture He's painting
God is God and I am man
And I'll never understand it all
For only God is God
-God is God; Stephen Curtis Chapman

Everything's changed, and I want to believe
There must be a reason, there just has to be
My faith is strong, till it all hits home
And it's not enough for me to trust when it hurts too much
On the days I feel like I've failed you,
The days I feel I've been failed
I need to praise You, for I am Yours. I'm Yours
-I need to praise you; Kristy Starling

Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
-Psalm 124:8

Prasie the Lord, all you nations;
extol him, all you peoples.
For great is his love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever
-Psalm 117

Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me from your presence or take your holy spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
-Psalm 51:10-11

I don't really know what to say. I don't have words. I feel empty. But I shouldn't because You are there. Help me to know this. Help me to come before you broken. Help me to be honest with you and open up to you, so that you can pour into me your love and mercy and strength and comfort. Help me to be renewed and restored in Your own strength, and not my own. I have been running on empty for a while now, and once again I am tired. And I am broken. I come to you seeking refuge. I come to you thirsty and weak. I come to your fountain - the Fountain of life, and I come looking for you to rescue me from this world. Your word says that "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven," so Lord, I ask that you take my broken heart... take this brokenness, and take this worthless body, and fill it up with your holy spirit. Help me to use you as my strength this week. Because without You I will not be able to make it through. Do to me what your will and what your good, perfect plan holds. God, take me up on eagle's wings and save me. Save me from this pit. I cry out to you, for my hope is in You, and You alone.