Renewed Strength
As I undergo cancer treatment, I often get asked how I'm doing. I told the last person, "The latest round took me down, but I'm up again". It resonated with what I found to be so interesting when I last read the well-known Bible verse found in the book of Isaiah. It reads like this, " those who wait on the Lord, will renew their strength, " Isaiah 40:31a. At first glance, it's an easy verse to understand. We can all agree that it reminds us that if we put our trust in God, He will give us strength. And that is how I have always interpreted it. That is until the other day when I read it, and something seemed to jump out at me. An underlying message: so simple, it is easy to miss. The backstory is that I was really struggling physically and what's worse, emotionally, when I came across the words of this verse. Renew. That's the word that caught my attention. One of its dictionary entries states, " to resume after an interruption ." Yo...
