Tired in body and soul
For weary bodies and souls that have forgotten how to stop.
Also for exhausted · tired · drained · fatigue · no energy
A prayer
Original writing, not a quotation of Scripture.
Father, I am tired in a way that one good night won't fix. When Elijah was ready to give up, you let him sleep, and you sent food, and you let him sleep again before you asked anything of him. Be that gentle with me.
Refresh my body and restore my soul. Show me what I can put down this week, and give me enough strength for what I can't. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Bible verses for rest and sabbath
He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!” He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. Yahweh’s angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”
Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.