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Hit the Nail Right on the Head!

I shouldn’t be surprised, but sometimes I am. I read the Word of God and there’s something there that seems to hit the nail on the head of what I am feeling or going through.  Case in point: I recently read a passage with two words, weary and languishing, and I have to admit that I own them both, albeit reluctantly! Weary: physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion or strain.  Languishing:  to lose vitality, weaken, or suffer from being stuck in an unpleasant or neglected state. I would hazard to guess that many of us have felt that physical weariness.  And I would also guess that a lot of us have felt like they were languishing physically. But I would suggest that while we can feel those both physically, there are also times when we feel them mentally or even spiritually.  And that’s where Jeremiah 31:25 comes in, the verse where I read those two words: “ For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.” ...