DAILY READINGS: Exodus 22 to 23:9; Psalms 64-65; Acts 12

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be
weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31

On one occasion, while fighting Great Britain, George Washington,
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, went alone into the
woods at Valley Forge to pray. He was overheard by a Tory on the
side of England, who returned to his home shaken. He said to his
wife, “Our cause is lost. I came unexpectedly upon a person kneeling
in prayer. I heard the impassioned plea of his prayers. I saw tears on
his cheeks and knew our cause was lost!” —R. E. Surgenor

Prayer is the burden of a sigh, the falling of a tear.
The upward glancing of an eye, when none but God is near. —J. M.