Isaiah 40:25-31 / Matthew 11:28-30
One of the most inconvenient things that can happen is a power blackout.
If it happens during the daytime, at least we could see what is around.
We only have to bear with appliances and devices that cannot work without power.
But when the blackout happens at night, then the lights and everything else won’t work without electricity.
It literally means that we are powerless, and we are down to a standstill.
In such a situation, we will understand that we are quite helpless and we can feel that our abilities are so limited.
It is like our strength is all gone and it is so difficult to get back to normalcy.
It is like what the 1st reading says, even “young men grow tired and weary, and youths stumble.
But the 1st reading also says that the Lord is an everlasting God, He does not grow tired or weary.
And those who hope in the Lord renew their strength, they put out wings like eagles, they run and do not weary, walk and never tire.
In the gospel, Jesus tells us to come to Him and He will give us rest, and He will renew our hope.
It is in prayer that we will find strength and keep our hope alive.
And we will also remember to charge our emergency batteries and keep going in a power blackout.