Welcome to Day 1399 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

A Prayer for the Weary – Meditation Monday

Wisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge. Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy. Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1399 of our Trek, and it is time for Meditation Monday. Taking time to relax, refocus, and reprioritize our lives is crucial in order to create a living legacy. For you, it may just be time alone for quiet reflection. You may utilize structured meditation practices. In my life, Meditation includes reading and reflecting on God’s Word and in prayer. It is a time to renew my mind, refocus on what is most important, and making sure that I am nurturing my soul, mind, and body. As you come along with me on our trek each Meditation Monday, it is my hope and prayer that you, too, will experience a time for reflection and renewing of your mind. 

So many people are weary with life. Before the pandemic, we were rushing from one activity to another. Over the past couple of months, we have become exhausted trying to adjust to a life of social distancing and coping with the ever-changing scenario. Before we know it, we will be back to a life of hustle once again. Our lifestyles are wearisome. This predicament is as old as humankind. Today let us meditate on:

A Prayer For The Weary

The wise King Solomon, after a life of phenomenal accomplishments, near the end of his life felt weary as he writes in Ecclesiastes 1:3-8 What do people get for all their hard work under the sun? Generations come, and generations go, but the earth never changes. The sun rises, and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again. The wind blows south, and then turns north. Around and around it goes, blowing in circles. Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea. Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.

How about you? Can you relate to old King Solomon? I know there are days where I feel this way. What can we do about it? Here is a prayer that I came across recently, which is fitting for us who are weary.  It is based on Matthew 11:28-30  Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”

Meditate on this prayer. Lord, some weary people are listening to or reading these words. Let them hear Your invitation to come to You with their burdens and their weary souls.

Let the wives who are weary of waiting for their husbands to spiritually lead their families come to You. They are weary of carrying a burden they were never intended to carry.

Let the weary single moms and the weary single dads who are weary being both mom and dad to their children. They do the best they can but never feel they have done enough, nor do they feel they have done what they do well enough.

Let the weary mothers come to You. They are weary from caring for their children, wiping noses and bottoms, taking temperatures, drying tears, and kissing away booboos.

Let the weary husbands come to You. They are weary from trying to provide for, protect, and preserve their family and their marriages. They are weary from the criticism they receive, for not being good enough, strong enough, or wealthy enough. They are weary from working long hours and short nights, and wondering if things will ever get better.

 Let the weary Dads come to You. They are burdened by the responsibilities they feel of protecting their children, providing for their children, and leading their children along the paths You want them to go.

Let Your weary followers come to You. Those who are weary of the search for peace. Those who are weary of the struggle for contentment. Those who are weary of the battle to be holy and pure. Those who are weary of coming up short. No matter how hard they try, they just can’t seem to get it all right. Those who are weary of being told they are not good enough, right enough, or spiritual enough to please God. Those who weary of going to church to connect with You only to leave feeling they have been beaten up and beaten down. Those who are weary of feeling like a failure and wonder if You could possibly love them.

Lord, thank you for Your invitation to the weary, the burdened, and the heavy-laden. Thank You for your offer to give us rest. Thank you for inviting us to come to You. May all who are weary and burdened come to You and find rest for their souls. As we close our prayer today, let us meditate on Isaiah 40:28-35

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.

Rest in our Savior Jesus Christ today for He tells us: For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.

That is a wrap for today’s Meditation, next week; we will continue our trek on Meditation Monday as we take time to reflect on what is most important in creating our living legacy. On tomorrow’s trek, we will explore another wisdom quote. This 3-minute wisdom supplement will assist you in becoming healthy, wealthy, and wise each day. Thank you for joining me on this trek called life. Encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along tomorrow for another day of ‘Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.’  If you would like to listen to any of the past 1398 daily treks or read the daily journal, they are available at Wisdom-Trek.com. I encourage you to subscribe to Wisdom-Trek on your favorite podcast player so that each day will be downloaded to you automatically.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most importantly, I am your friend as I serve you through this Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this Trek of life together, let us always:

1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
2. Love Unconditionally
3. Listen Intentionally
4. Learn Continuously
5. Lend to others Generously
6. Lead with Integrity
7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

I am Guthrie Chamberlain….reminding you to ’Keep Moving Forward,’ ‘Enjoy your Journey,’ and ‘Create a Great Day…Everyday’! See you tomorrow!