Tired of Being Strong

There's a kind of tiredness that sleep doesn't fix. It's the exhaustion of holding everything together — the family, the bills, the emotions, other people's faith. Of being the strong one in the story while inside you're falling apart.

God sees that tiredness too. He doesn't just see physical exhaustion — He sees the weariness of someone who has no strength left. The Hebrew word here carries the idea of complete collapse, of having nowhere left to turn.

And it's exactly for that level of exhaustion that God has an answer: He gives. He doesn't lend, doesn't share what He has — He gives. Multiplying what doesn't exist, creating strength where there was only emptiness.

You don't have to pretend you're okay to receive from God. You can come exactly as you are — broken, depleted, with nothing left in reserve — and He takes care of it.

Stop trying to be strong on your own today. Let the strength come from Him.