FCS Blog

Rest for the Weary

I was an infantryman in the Army when I first enlisted. Basic training was a
lesson in being weary. We were up at 4:30 am getting ready for our physical
training from 5:00-6:00 am. We were afforded 30 minutes to get showered,
changed, and have our barracks ready for inspection before breakfast. The day
was spent in training of some sort. Some of this training was physical such as a
ruck march or obstacle course or bayonet training. Some of this training was
classroom training such as map reading, learning the rules of war, or learning
some basic customs and courtesies. Each of these carry a type of weariness,
either physical or mental. Each of these required a time of rest afterward.
We just finished the school year. Many were weary at the end of the year. Many
parents were weary of getting their child(ren) up and ready to get to school on
time. Weary of helping them finish homework and projects. Many students
were weary for the same reasons. A couple of teachers were weary after pouring
into the lives of these students, their families, and each other. It has been a

pleasure working with everyone, but it can be wearisome.

Summertime is a time to get some of that rest. It is a time to make some great
memories. It is a time to look back and look forward. It is a time to be thankful.
Our walk with God can be wearisome at times, also. We expect things to happen
one way, but they end up another. We work for God, but no one appreciates it.
We pray for something, but we don’t see it happen when we want or how we
want it. Galatians 6:9 says, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the
proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Even though we don’t
always get what we want when we want it, we need to keep in mind that God’s
timing is always the right time, and God’s way of answering our prayers is always

better than we expect.

We do not always understand why we are going through these things at the
time, but we can look back on it days, months, or years later and get a better

perspective. Do not grow weary. Trust and obey.

God Bless,
David