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A Sunday devotional

Scripture

“Let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” — Galatians 6:9

Reflection

Most things don’t end with a decision. They end with a Tuesday.

We don’t quit the prayer, the practice, the calling. We miss one day, then another, and the missing becomes the pattern. Then comes the harder part: the shame that makes returning feel like a confession. So we wait for the best moment to start again one where we will not have to admit we stopped. That moment doesn’t come, the consistency is gone.

Notice Paul doesn’t say don’t get tired. Weariness isn’t the failure; it’s assumed. What he warns against is giving up. You can be exhausted and faithful at the same time. Tired is honest. Tired is human. Tired is not finished.

The best part is, you are not the one who starts the return. Grace moves first. That restlessness you’ve been reading as guilt is an invitation already extended. Your part is smaller than you think: say yes, take one step.

Always we begin again. Not flawlessly. Not once. Again, and the mercy will still be new when you get there.

Ask yourself today what have I set down that I keep meaning to pick back up and what story am I telling myself about what the gap means?

Prayer

Good and Gracious God, I have let good things go quiet, not out of rebellion, but out of weariness and the ordinary drift of days. Thank you that your mercy is not a reward for a perfect record. Stir up what has gone cold in me. Give me courage for the small return: one prayer, one page, one honest conversation. Amen.

One step

Pick the smallest version of the thing you stopped, not the full routine, the first two minutes. Do it today, before Sunday ends.

Remember: You don’t have to. You get to.