Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Our Reading Our Strength was written by Jennifer Benson Schultt.

A pair of eagles built a giant nest in a tree a few miles away from my house.

Before long, the enormous birds had eglets.

They cared for their hatchlings together until one of the adult eagles was tragically struck and killed by a car.

For several days, the surviving eagle flew up and down a nearby river, as if searching for the lost mate.

Finally, the eagle returned to the nest and assumed the full responsibility of raising the offspring.

In any situation, single parenting can be challenging.

The delight a child brings combined with possible financial and emotional pressure can be challenging. The delight a child brings, combined with possible financial and emotional pressure,

can create a broad range of experiences.

But there's hope for those who have this important role

and for anyone trying to manage a situation that feels overwhelming.

God is with us when we feel exhausted and discouraged.

Because he's omnipotent, all-powerful, and doesn't change. His strength won't ever expire.

We can trust what the Bible says in Isaiah chapter 40. Those who hope in him will renew their strength.

Coming up against our own limits won't determine what happens to us because we can depend on

God to supernaturally recharge us. Hoping in him allows us to walk and not faint and to soar on wings

like eagles.

Today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is from Isaiah chapter 40 verses 27 through 31. Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say Israel, my way is hidden from the Lord? My cause is

disregarded by my God. Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God,

the creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired

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