Are You Tired?

I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint                                                   Jeremiah 31:25

Are you tired? Well, we all get tired, but there are different kinds of tired. What I mean is, as three-part beings, we can get tired on any, or every, level. So, w can get physically tired, emotionally tired, or spiritually tired.

Sometimes it is hard to tell what dimensions are experiencing being tired. For example, we can typically understand being physically tired. Yet there are times when being emotionally tired feels like being physically tired. That is why when we are depressed, we seem to experience having less energy, and we feel tired.

So, the remedies for each kind of “tired” are different. Of course, the remedy for being physically tired is rest or sleep. But if that rest or sleep is not replenishing, maybe we are experiencing other kinds of tired.

When we are emotionally tired, the best remedy may well be physical exercise. That may sound counterintuitive, but it works. It replenishes our brain chemicals and hormonal responses. We feel physically tired perhaps, but energized mentally.

Finally, when we are spiritually tired- have lost our zest for connection with God, or perhaps we are just irritable and distant- the remedy may well be fellowship with other people of faith. This can be refreshing and encouraging for our soul.

It is not always easy to determine what kind of “tired” we are. Just consider the fact that there are different remedies for replenishing our energy, depending on the cause.  

Prayer: Lord, refresh us when we are spiritually tired, Amen