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Speaker 1: A Prayer for the Weary Volunteer Brittain by Rachel Britton
Speaker 1: read by Leah Gerard. Let us not become weary in
Speaker 1: doing good, for at the proper time reap a harvest
Speaker 1: if we do not give up Galatians six'. Nine school is,
Speaker 1: out people head out of, Town the church hallways become.
Speaker 1: Quieter as regular activities help for the. Summer maybe a
Speaker 1: relaxing vacation is on the, calendar sitting by the pool
Speaker 1: or walking on the. BEACH a change of pace and
Speaker 1: a pause in our usual schedules is often just what we.
Speaker 1: Need but sometimes it's also a time when we realize
Speaker 1: just how active we've been and that we are completely.
Speaker 1: Exhausted perhaps staring at the fall calendar fills you with
Speaker 1: dread rather than joyfully. Anticipation the thought of serving or
Speaker 1: volunteering yet again brings a heavy. Weight you may sit
Speaker 1: in a worship service or look in A sunday school
Speaker 1: classroom with this thought going through your. HEAD i don't
Speaker 1: THINK i can do this again In. SEPTEMBER i Think i'm.
Speaker 1: Done or maybe those thoughts are a silent plea in.
Speaker 1: Prayer the agricultural imagery Of galatians six' nine helps us picture.
Speaker 1: A farmer he works hard during the springtime to plow,
Speaker 1: and plant toiling all day and often into. The night
Speaker 1: in the heat of, the summer sometimes the hard work doesn't,
Speaker 1: appear worthwhile perhaps the harvest will be ruined because of
Speaker 1: heavy rains or. Scorching sun it's a time, of waiting
Speaker 1: but also. Of preparation unlike the farmer who cannot guarantee
Speaker 1: his work will produce a, good Yield the bible reassures
Speaker 1: us that our doing good will reap. A harvest summer
Speaker 1: exhaustion isn't always a sign. To quit it can simply
Speaker 1: be a sign that you've poured out too much use.
Speaker 1: This season god has given you to, be replenished so
Speaker 1: you can discern clearly what to do in the future
Speaker 1: and anticipate the harvest that is not, our Responsibility but god's.
Speaker 1: To bring, Let's Pray, Lord god the sanctuary is quieter.
Speaker 1: This month the hallways, are emptier the schedules have slowed
Speaker 1: in the rush of, the ministry. Years Paused, but lord
Speaker 1: in the quiet of this, summer season the exhaustion in
Speaker 1: my own soul has finally caught up. WITH me i
Speaker 1: confess THAT as i look ahead to, the fall my heart.
Speaker 1: Feels heavy the tank. Feels empty i've poured out, my time,
Speaker 1: my energy and my heart to serve. Your people, right
Speaker 1: now the whisper to simply walk away and stay on
Speaker 1: the sideline speaks. So LOUDLY today i bring my exhaustion,
Speaker 1: to you asking you to fill me. UP again i
Speaker 1: ask these summer weeks to be not just a break from,
Speaker 1: the schedule but a holy rest for. My soul breathe
Speaker 1: fresh life into my. Weary heart remind my heart of
Speaker 1: the Promise in galatians that at the proper time a
Speaker 1: harvest is COMING if i do not. Give up help
Speaker 1: me to see this summer not as a, barren desert
Speaker 1: but as a season where you are. At work let
Speaker 1: my service flow from, your abundance not. My Depletion in Jesus'.
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