He Helps Us Get Up - Encouragement for Today - March 20, 2020

Peace and perspective from God's timeless truths. [View this email in your browser]( Encouragement for Today --------------------------------------------------------------- [Nicki Koziarz]March 20, 2020 He Helps Us Get Up [NICKI KOZIARZ]( “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.” [Isaiah 40:31]( (NLT) There are some seasons of life that leave us feeling like we’re falling more than flying. Losing my mom, my only brother, my last living grandparent, and our family horse in a two-year span definitely left a lingering feeling that I was falling again and again. All of it didn’t seem fair. Didn’t seem believable. Didn’t seem like so much loss could happen in such a short time. And rightly so, it left me feeling like the next loss was always just around the corner. I felt stuck in discouragement and doom, like it was impossible to get up from all the feelings of defeat I was wrestling with. My guess is you too have had a season, whether long or short, that’s made you feel like it was going to be difficult to get back up. Sometimes we wonder if our grief, disappointments or failures have pushed us to the point of no return. Which is why today’s key verse has become my anchor for the days ahead. Reading it in the context of the entire chapter of [Isaiah 40]( verse 31 is truly where we see the power and promise: “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.” In this chapter, Isaiah is speaking to people who are in extreme distress for a variety of reasons. Seasons of falling bring these distress-filled feelings front and center. Throughout this entire chapter, Isaiah reminds his listeners that God is in charge of everything. But he also challenges them to wrestle with their doubt, sin, fear and questions. Hard seasons bring questions. And just because we have questions doesn’t necessarily mean we’re questioning God. After reading this chapter in a sobering posture of the reality of life, I arrived at verse 31. Through Isaiah’s words, I’m reminded that our God is very real, incredibly strong and bigger than anything seasons of distress can bring. He creates a way for us to go up higher, or as this verse says, “soar,” in the midst of it all. [Continue reading...]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read about Salem Web Network]( | [Subscription Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( --------------------------------------------------------------- © 2020 Salem Web Network. All rights reserved. 111 Virginia Street, Suite 500, Richmond, VA 23219. This email is never sent unsolicited. You are receiving this email because your email address, {EMAIL}, is signed up to receive newsletters, updates, and special offers from Encouragement for Today. [Link](