Day 6—Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Jeremiah 31:25

For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.

When this sermon series theme was announced, I was very excited. You see, I’ve been a Taylor Swift fan since her first album came out. I got to see the Fearless tour in Greensboro in 2009 with my sister, and we went on to attend as many other concerts together as we could afford. When The Tortured Poets Department was released, I listened to it a lot in the first few days. It feels like an appropriate soundtrack to life at this moment, at least for me. My favorite song on the album is I Can Do It With a Broken Heart. Here’s my favorite part of the song:

I cry a lot but I am so productive, it's an art

You know you're good when you can even do it

With a broken heart

I don’t know about you, but my soul has been wearyyyy this year. It seems like we have more anger, more fear, and more division than I remember in my lifetime. I’m tired and heartbroken. I bet you are too. It’s hard to push through this kind of bone-tiredness. How can I be expected to go to work every day, to help out the AV team in Sunday worship, to serve Fellowship Dinner, to participate in PW bible study? To handle the daily routines and the to-do lists and the social obligations? I can do it with a broken heart, but I don’t always want to.

I’ve definitely been very productive in 2025, and I’ve also definitely cried a lot. But this scripture in Jeremiah reminds me that this season of weariness is not forever. I don’t have to heal my own wounds or push through the pain forever. God promises us that He will satisfy our weary souls and replenish us. There is rest, comfort, and peace to be had, because God’s love overcomes humanity’s conflict and division. This scripture reminded me to lean on God during times when I’m feeling weary and trust that he will satisfy my soul.

Please come, God. Soothe us. Breathe life into our exhausted lives again. Satisfy our weary souls. Amen.

-Katelyn Burton