When you have nothing left to give
Tiredness you can sleep off. This is the other kind — the kind that is still there in the morning, that makes a full inbox feel like a mountain and a kind word feel like too much to answer.
Philippians 4:13 gets printed on a lot of mugs. Read while you are worn out, it says something quieter and far more useful than the mug does: not that you can achieve anything, but that you are not the one holding this up.
These letters are written in the present tense of the week rather than in hindsight. They are honest about the days that do not improve, and they keep pointing at the same small practice — stop, hand it over, take the next day only.
Start with whichever title describes your week most exactly. There is no order to keep and nothing to catch up on.
Letters for this
My Strength Is Gone — He Carries Me
There was a time when I would read this verse and assume it was a motivational scripture which implied that I could accomplish anything I want, based…
Read the letter →To Hope in God, is to Soar
Sometimes I feel like giving up hope. In those moments I wonder if things are ever going to get better, or if my struggles will always be this way.
Read the letter →Pray First
This week has been about starting my day in prayer. I usually rush into my day, and that's when I notice things begin to go wrong. When I stop…
Read the letter →Scripture to sit with this week
Philippians 4:13 · Isaiah 40:31 · 2 Corinthians 12:9 · Psalm 73:26 · John 16:24
If this is the season you are in, the Tuesday letter is free and always will be. It arrives once a week and asks nothing of you.
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