🌌 Opening Thought

Have you ever seen an eagle soaring—motionless, yet rising higher with each gust of wind? No flapping. Just trust. That’s the kind of peace God offers us.

Peace doesn’t only bloom after the chaos fades. Sometimes it sprouts amid confusion, pain, and prayers that seem unanswered. Waiting feels heavy because it asks us to trust without clarity—to believe healing is possible while symptoms still persist. But this waiting isn’t idle. It’s sacred.

“But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.” — Isaiah 40:31 (NKJV)

📊 Diabetic Fact of the Day

Up to 60% of people with diabetes experience “glycemic variability”—fluctuations in blood sugar despite doing everything right. These swings are not always a result of poor management—they can be tied to stress, sleep, hormones, and even weather. (American Diabetes Association, 2021)

➡️ This makes the emotional and spiritual burden even heavier—and the need for peace even greater.

🌿 Devotional Reflection

There’s a unique weariness that comes with unresolved prayer—the kind that settles deep into the soul.

Maybe your blood sugar spikes and dips wildly, no matter how carefully you eat. Maybe you’re doing everything the doctor told you—measuring, moving, meditating—and it still feels like nothing is working.

You’ve asked. Pleaded. Bargained. And still… silence.

But hear this:

God isn’t withholding. He’s preparing.

Remember Elijah under the broom tree (1 Kings 19)? He was burned out, exhausted, and ready to give up. In his despair, God didn’t lecture him. He sent rest. Food. Stillness. Comfort.

God’s response to your striving may not be speed—it may be stillness.

Like the eagle that waits for the wind to rise, you’re called to hope without flapping, without fretting. Waiting becomes an altar. And in that altar of stillness, you are not forgotten—you are being renewed.

🧘 Peace Practice

Today, pause everything.

No checking. No fixing. No striving.

Just sit in silence and let your breath slow. Picture the eagle. Let your soul rest on God’s current.

Whisper this prayer:
“Lord, I feel weary in the waiting. Renew me—not by changing my circumstances, but by anchoring me in You.”

✍️ Journal Prompts

• “One part of my life that feels stuck is ______.”

• “I’ve confused God’s silence with ______.”

• “God may be teaching me ______ through the waiting.”

• “If waiting is like winter, where might spring already be showing?”

🤝 Optional Group Reflection

“Has God ever taught you something through delay—not in spite of it, but because of it?” Share your story or testimony with your small group or support partner.

🌸 Today’s Declaration

“My strength is rising in the stillness. God is working while I wait.”