Overcoming Weariness

Overcoming

Weariness

This prayer is for everyone who is experiencing weari n e s s . It is

not limited to the unmarried who are awaiting a life- partner.

Many spouses become weary with heart a ches that they did not

expect to encounter in marri a g e . Their expected marital bliss has

t u rned into disappointment, additional wounds, and fru s t ra t i on.

T h ey are weary with waiting for the healing of the marri a g e

relationship or the delive rance of a spouse, children, or other love d

ones from various addictions or negative, d e s t ru c t i ve behaviors.

T h ey long for som e one who will heal their wounds without judging

them — som e one who will love them uncondition a lly.

Each individual brings baggage into marri a g e, hoping for

a miracle — each partner looking to the other for acceptance

and approval.

According to the letters and comments we have received in

our ministry, unmarried people experience weariness in matters

that married couples may not encounter. Hopefully, we who are

married share responsibilities — household ch o re s . Married

homeowners may divide the work up into inside and outside labor.

Sometimes one spouse neglects his/her responsibility, and the

other finds himself/herself doing the work of two. The single

person is responsible at all times for “the work of two.”

We who are married have another individual involved in the

decision-making process, which can lead to conflict. Conflict is

not always bad. Out of this conflict can come intimacy.We are not

alone in financial decisions, in planning for the future. We may

feel alone, but there is another with whom we can talk, with whom

we can explore possibilities. We have another human being from

whom we can draw strength. Ideally, we grow together.

Sometimes a married person may experience feelings of

“aloneness,” but there is another person in the house, someone

who is going to return, someone whose presence — although in

certain marriages noncommunicative — is experienced.

The unmarried often feel such weariness and dread going

h ome to emptiness — to nothingness. T h ey look for that

individual who will be their soul mate, a life partner, someone who

will be present and available in good times and bad, someone who

will love them unconditionally.

(We must all ask ourselves, “Am I ready and willing to love

another person unconditionally?”)

If you have grown weary and are disappointed in your

expectations, I encourage you to seek God for His plan for your

life. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you trust God and not be afraid.

P RAY ER

Father, You see my weariness, my uneasiness, proceeding

from continual waiting and disappointed expectation. It seems

that my patience is exhausted, and I am discouraged. I am weary

of asking and waiting for ________.

My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to

Your Word.

Lord, I come to You, and You give me rest. I take Your yoke

upon me and learn of You, for You are gentle and humble in heart,

and I will find rest for my soul. Your yoke is easy, and Your burden

is light.

I look to You, Lord, and Your strength; I seek Your face

always. You are my Refuge and Strength, an ever-present help in

trouble. O my Strength, I watch for You; You, O God, are my

Fortress, my loving God. O my Strength, I sing praises to You.

Father, You give strength to the weary and increase the power

of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men

stumble and fall; but those who hope in You, Lord, will renew

their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run

and not grow weary. They will walk and not be faint. I purpose to

wait for You, Lord; to be strong and take heart and wait for You.

Lord, You are my Strength and my Song; You have become

my Salvation. You are my God, and I will praise You, my father’s

God, and I will exalt You. In Your unfailing love You will lead the

people You have redeemed. In Your strength You will guide them

to Your holy dwelling.

You, Sovereign Lord, have given me an instructed tongue to

know the word that sustains the weary. You waken me morning by

morning, waken my ear to listen like one being taught.

You are my Light and my Salvation — whom shall I fear or

dread? You are the Refuge and Stronghold of my life — of whom

shall I be afraid? You are a shield for me, my Glory, and the Lifter

of my head.With my voice I cry to You, Lord, and You hear and

answer me out of Your holy hill. Lord, You sustain me.

I consider it wholly joyful whenever I am enveloped in or

encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations. I am

assured and understand that the trial and proving of my faith

bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience. I purpose to

let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do

a thorough work, so that I may be perfectly and fully developed

[with no defects], lacking in nothing. I will praise You with my

whole heart; Your joy is my strength.

I determine to consider Him Who endured such opposition

from sinful men, so that I will not grow weary and lose heart.

Father, Your grace is sufficient, and I will not grow weary in

doing good, for at the proper time I will reap a harvest if I do not

give up. I am strong in You, Lord, and in Your mighty power.

In the name of Jesus I pray, amen.1

Scripture References

Psalm 119:28 NIV Psalm 27:1 AMP

Matthew 11:28-30 NIV Psalm 3:3,4 AMP

1 Chronicles 16:11 NIV James 1:2-4 AMP

Psalm 46:1 NIV Psalm 9:1

Psalm 59:9,17 NIV Nehemiah 8:10

Isaiah 40:29-31 NIV Hebrews 12:3 NIV

Psalm 27:14 NIV 2 Corinthians 12:9

Exodus 15:2,13 NIV Galatians 6:9 NIV

Isaiah 50:4 NIV Ephesians 6:10 NIV

1 For additional strength and guidance, I suggest reading and meditating on the

following passages: Psalm 6, Psalm 18, Psalm 27, Psalm 28, Psalm 38, Psalm 71.