Evening verse of the day:

"The Joy of the Lord is your strength".

What is the source of your exhaustion?

I have to admit that I was exhausted today, even after having a good nights sleep.
I was so exhausted that after my morning bath, I lay down to pray, and slept for almost 4 hours.

And this after having a good night's sleep.

I admitted to my husband and myself, that I haven't had much joy lately.

Joy is deeper than happiness.
How do you get joy?
You can't create joy within you.
It must come from the Lord.

You have to wait on the Lord for it.
Waiting is both passive and active.
Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait upon the LORD

will renew their strength;

they will mount up with wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not faint.

but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
Waiting is sometimes restraining your impulsive and impatient self.
In that case, it is an action.

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Patrick was not actually Irish.
He was stollen as a young boy from Britain, and sold to a Druid in Ireland.
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One day God told him how to escape his slavery, and told him to go back home to his family.
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Tonight, if I am still here,I may tell the story of the time when the Holy Spirit spoke to me the second time (years ago)

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I waited patiently.
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He heard my cry, and brought me out.
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